Opinions from G. Mayr 2009

  • 'Archaeospheniscus belongs to Sphenisciformes'
  • 'Archaeospheniscus lopdelli belongs to Archaeospheniscus'
  • 'Archaeospheniscus lowei belongs to Archaeospheniscus'
  • 'Argillipes belongs to Gallinuloididae'
  • 'Argillipes aurorum belongs to Argillipes'
  • 'Argillipes paralectoris belongs to Argillipes'
  • 'Borvocarbo belongs to Phalacrocoracidae'
  • 'Borvocarbo guilloti belongs to Borvocarbo'
  • 'Borvocarbo stoeffelensis belongs to Borvocarbo'
  • 'Casuariidae belongs to Palaeognathae'
  • 'Copepteryx belongs to Plotopteridae'
  • 'Copepteryx hexeris belongs to Copepteryx'
  • 'Copepteryx titan belongs to Copepteryx'
  • 'Diogenornis belongs to Rheidae'
  • 'Diogenornis fragilis belongs to Diogenornis'
  • 'Dromaius gidju is recombined as Emuarius gidju'
  • 'Duntroonornis belongs to Sphenisciformes'
  • 'Duntroonornis parvus belongs to Duntroonornis'
  • 'Eleutherornis belongs to Eleutherornithidae'
  • 'Eleutherornithidae belongs to Palaeognathae'
  • 'Empheresula belongs to Sulidae'
  • 'Emuarius belongs to Casuariidae'
  • 'Emuarius guljaruba belongs to Emuarius' according to Boles 2001
  • 'Eostega belongs to Sulidae'
  • 'Eostega lebedinskyi belongs to Eostega'
  • 'Eremopezinae was reranked as the family Eremopezidae and belongs to Palaeognathae'
  • 'Eremopezus belongs to Eremopezidae'
  • 'Eremopezus eocaenus belongs to Eremopezus'
  • 'Galliformes belongs to Galloanseres'
  • 'Gallinuloides belongs to Gallinuloididae'
  • 'Gallinuloides wyomingensis belongs to Gallinuloides'
  • 'Gallinuloididae belongs to Galliformes'
  • 'Galloanserae is corrected as Galloanseres and belongs to Neognathae'
  • 'Hokkaidornis belongs to Plotopteridae'
  • 'Hokkaidornis abashiriensis belongs to Hokkaidornis'
  • 'Korora belongs to Sphenisciformes'
  • 'Korora oliveri belongs to Korora'
  • 'Limicorallus belongs to Phalacrocoracidae'
  • 'Limicorallus saiensis belongs to Limicorallus'
  • 'Limnofregata belongs to Fregatidae'
  • 'Limnofregata azygosternon belongs to Limnofregata'
  • 'Lithornis belongs to Lithornithidae'
  • 'Lithornis celetius belongs to Lithornis'
  • 'Lithornis plebius belongs to Lithornis'
  • 'Lithornis promiscuus belongs to Lithornis'
  • 'Lithornis vulturinus belongs to Lithornis'
  • 'Lithornithidae belongs to Palaeognathae'
  • 'Loncornis belongs to Aves'
  • 'Loncornis helveticus is recombined as Eleutherornis helveticus'
  • 'Masillastega belongs to Sulidae'
  • 'Masillastega rectirostris belongs to Masillastega'
  • 'Mergus ronzoni is recombined as Prophalacrocorax ronzoni' according to Harrison 1975
  • 'Mergus ronzoni is recombined as Prophalacrocorax ronzoni'
  • 'Mergus ronzoni belongs to Mergus' according to Gervais 1849
  • 'Mergus ronzoni is recombined as Sula ronzoni' according to Milne-Edwards 1861
  • 'Neoaves belongs to Neognathae'
  • 'Neognathae was reranked as a unranked clade and belongs to Neornithes'
  • 'Pachydyptes belongs to Spheniscidae'
  • 'Pachydyptes novaezealandiae is recombined as Platydyptes novaezealandiae'
  • 'Pachydyptes ponderosus belongs to Pachydyptes'
  • 'Palaeeudyptes belongs to Sphenisciformes'
  • 'Palaeeudyptes antarcticus belongs to Palaeeudyptes'
  • 'Palaeeudyptes marplesi belongs to Palaeeudyptes'
  • 'Palaeognathae was reranked as a superorder and belongs to Neornithes'
  • 'Palaeotididae belongs to Palaeognathae'
  • 'Palaeotis belongs to Palaeotididae'
  • 'Palaeotis weigelti belongs to Palaeotis'
  • 'Paracathartes belongs to Lithornithidae'
  • 'Paraortygoides belongs to Gallinuloididae'
  • 'Paraortygoides messelensis belongs to Paraortygoides'
  • 'Paraortygoides radagasti belongs to Paraortygoides' according to Dyke and Gulas 2002
  • 'Paraortygoides radagasti belongs to Paraortygoides'
  • 'Pediorallus hookeri is recombined as Lithornis hookeri'
  • 'Pediorallus nasi is recombined as Lithornis nasi'
  • 'Phocavis belongs to Plotopteridae'
  • 'Phocavis maritimus belongs to Phocavis'
  • 'Piscator belongs to Phalacrocoracidae'
  • 'Platydyptes belongs to Sphenisciformes'
  • 'Platydyptes amiesi belongs to Platydyptes'
  • 'Platydyptes marplesi belongs to Platydyptes'
  • 'Prophalacrocorax belongs to Phalacrocoracidae' according to Harrison 1975
  • 'Prophalacrocorax belongs to Sulidae'
  • 'Protoplotus belongs to Protoplotidae'
  • 'Protoplotus beauforti belongs to Protoplotus'
  • 'Pseudocrypturus belongs to Lithornithidae'
  • 'Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius belongs to Pseudocrypturus'
  • 'Remiornis heberti belongs to Remiornis'
  • 'Remiornithidae belongs to Palaeognathae'
  • 'Rheidae belongs to Palaeognathae'
  • 'Stromeria is a subjective synonym of Eremopezus'
  • 'Stromeria fajumensis is a subjective synonym of Eremopezus eocaenus'
  • 'Sula arvernensis is recombined as Empheresula arvernensis'
  • 'Taoperdix belongs to Paraortygidae'
  • 'Tetrao pessieti is recombined as Taoperdix pessieti'
  • 'Tonsala belongs to Plotopteridae'
  • 'Tonsala hildegardae belongs to Tonsala'
  • 'Waimanu belongs to Sphenisciformes'
  • 'Waimanu manneringi belongs to Waimanu'
  • 'Waimanu tuatahi belongs to Waimanu'