Subfamily Plataleinae Bonaparte 1838 (spoonbill)
Aves - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Parent taxon: Threskiornithidae according to S. D. Emslie 1995
See also Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Bostrychia, Cercibis, Eudocimus, Geronticus, Lophotibis, Mesembrinibis, Milnea, Nipponia, Phimosus, Platalea, Plegadis, Protibis, Pseudibis, Rhynchaeitinae, Thaumatibis, Threskiornis, Threskiornithinae, Vadaravis, Xenicibis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plataleinae in the database