Opinions from H. Howard 1972

  • 'Anabernicula belongs to Tadorninae'
  • 'Anabernicula gracilenta belongs to Anabernicula' according to Ross 1935
  • 'Anabernicula gracilenta belongs to Anabernicula'
  • 'Anabernicula oregonensis belongs to Anabernicula'
  • 'Anabernicula oregonensis belongs to Anabernicula' according to Howard 1964
  • 'Anatidae belongs to Anseriformes'
  • 'Anatinae belongs to Anatidae'
  • 'Anser belongs to Anserinae'
  • 'Anser condoni belongs to Anser'
  • 'Anseriformes belongs to Aves'
  • 'Anserinae belongs to Anatidae'
  • 'Ardea belongs to Phalacrocoracidae'
  • 'Ardea paloccidentalis belongs to Ardea'
  • 'Ardeiformes belongs to Aves'
  • 'Branta belongs to Anserinae'
  • 'Branta dickey belongs to Branta' according to Miller 1924
  • 'Branta minuscula belongs to Branta'
  • 'Branta propinqua belongs to Branta'
  • 'Brantadorna belongs to Tadorninae'
  • 'Bucephala belongs to Merginae'
  • 'Bucephala fossilis belongs to Bucephala'
  • 'Chendytes belongs to Merginae'
  • 'Chendytes lawi belongs to Chendytes'
  • 'Chendytes milleri belongs to Chendytes' according to Howard 1955
  • 'Ciconia belongs to Ciconiidae'
  • 'Ciconia maltha belongs to Ciconia'
  • 'Ciconiidae belongs to Ardeiformes'
  • 'Colymbus belongs to Podicipedidae'
  • 'Colymbus subparvus belongs to Colymbus'
  • 'Cygninini was reranked as the subfamily Cygninae and belongs to Anatidae'
  • 'Cygnus belongs to Cygninae'
  • 'Cygnus (Olor) was reranked as Olor and belongs to Cygninae'
  • 'Cygnus paloregonus belongs to Cygnus' according to Cope 1878
  • 'Cygnus paloregonus belongs to Cygnus'
  • 'Cyphornithidae belongs to Pelecaniformes'
  • 'Diomedea belongs to Diomedeidae'
  • 'Diomedea californica belongs to Diomedea'
  • 'Diomedea milleri belongs to Diomedea'
  • 'Diomedeidae belongs to Procellariiformes'
  • 'Elopterygidae belongs to Pelecaniformes'
  • 'Elopteryx belongs to Elopterygidae'
  • 'Elopteryx nopcsai belongs to Elopteryx'
  • 'Eremochen russelli belongs to Eremochen' according to Howard 1966
  • 'Fulmarus belongs to Procellariidae'
  • 'Fulmarus hammeri belongs to Fulmarus'
  • 'Gavia belongs to Gaviidae'
  • 'Gavia concinna belongs to Gavia'
  • 'Gavia howardae belongs to Gavia'
  • 'Gaviidae belongs to Gaviiformes'
  • 'Gaviiformes belongs to Aves'
  • 'Graculus belongs to Phalacrocoracidae'
  • 'Graculus macropus belongs to Graculus' according to Cope 1878
  • 'Graculus macropus belongs to Graculus'
  • 'Jabiru belongs to Ciconiidae'
  • 'Megapaloelodus connectens belongs to Megapaloelodus'
  • 'Megapaloelodus opsigonus belongs to Megapaloelodus' according to Brodkorb 1961
  • 'Megapaloelodus opsigonus belongs to Megapaloelodus'
  • 'Mergini was reranked as the subfamily Merginae and belongs to Anatidae'
  • 'Miosula belongs to Sulidae'
  • 'Miosula media belongs to Miosula'
  • 'Miosula recentior belongs to Miosula'
  • 'Moris reyana belongs to Moris'
  • 'Morus is corrected as Moris and belongs to Sulidae'
  • 'Morus vagabundus [misspelled as Moris vagabundus] belongs to Morus'
  • 'Mycteria belongs to Ciconiidae'
  • 'Mycteria wetmorei belongs to Mycteria' according to Howard 1935
  • 'Mycteria wetmorei belongs to Mycteria'
  • 'Nettion belongs to Anatinae'
  • 'Nettion bunkeri belongs to Nettion'
  • 'Olor matthewi belongs to Olor'
  • 'Olor matthewi belongs to Olor' according to Schufeldt 1913
  • 'Osteodontornis belongs to Pseudodontornithidae'
  • 'Osteodontornis orri belongs to Osteodontornis'
  • 'Oxyura belongs to Oxyurinae'
  • 'Oxyura bessomi belongs to Oxyura'
  • 'Oxyurinae belongs to Anatidae'
  • 'Palaeochenoides belongs to Cyphornithidae'
  • 'Palaeochenoides miocaenus belongs to Palaeochenoides'
  • 'Paloelodidae [misspelled as Palaelodidae] belongs to Phoenicopteriformes'
  • 'Pelecaniformes belongs to Aves'
  • 'Phalacrocoracidae belongs to Pelecaniformes'
  • 'Phalacrocorax belongs to Phalacrocoracidae'
  • 'Phalacrocorax femoralis belongs to Phalacrocorax'
  • 'Phalacrocorax goletensis belongs to Phalacrocorax' according to Howard 1965
  • 'Phalacrocorax kennelli belongs to Phalacrocorax'
  • 'Phoenicopteridae belongs to Phoenicopteriformes'
  • 'Phoenicopteriformes belongs to Aves'
  • 'Phoenicopterus minutus belongs to Phoenicopterus'
  • 'Phoenicopterus stocki belongs to Phoenicopterus'
  • 'Plotopteridae belongs to Pelecaniformes'
  • 'Plotopterum belongs to Plotopteridae'
  • 'Plotopterum joaquinensis belongs to Plotopterum'
  • 'Podicipedidae belongs to Podicipediformes'
  • 'Podicipediformes belongs to Aves'
  • 'Presbychen belongs to Anatinae'
  • 'Presbychen abavus belongs to Presbychen'
  • 'Procellariidae belongs to Procellariiformes'
  • 'Procellariiformes belongs to Aves'
  • 'Pseudodontornis belongs to Pelagornithidae'
  • 'Pseudodontornis stirtoni belongs to Pseudodontornis'
  • 'Pseudodontornithidae belongs to Pelecaniformes'
  • 'Puffinus belongs to Procellariidae'
  • 'Puffinus conradi belongs to Puffinus'
  • 'Puffinus diatomicus belongs to Puffinus'
  • 'Puffinus felthami belongs to Puffinus'
  • 'Puffinus inceptor belongs to Puffinus'
  • 'Puffinus kanakoffi belongs to Puffinus'
  • 'Puffinus mitchelli belongs to Puffinus'
  • 'Puffinus priscus belongs to Puffinus'
  • 'Puffinus tedfordi belongs to Puffinus'
  • 'Sula belongs to Sulidae'
  • 'Sula lompocanus is corrected as Sula lompocana and belongs to Sula'
  • 'Sula pohli belongs to Sula' according to Howard 1958
  • 'Sula pohli belongs to Sula'
  • 'Sula stocktoni belongs to Sula' according to Miller 1935
  • 'Sula willetti belongs to Sula'
  • 'Sulidae belongs to Pelecaniformes'
  • 'Tadorninae belongs to Anatidae'
  • 'Wasonaka yepomerae belongs to Wasonaka'