The taxon comprises 2 species in a single family, Cariamidae, confined to South America:
Timetree of extant Cariamidae according to Stiller et al. (2024), with the distribution of each species being indicated by the colour-code used throughout this website (Distribution code).
Traditional genus-level classification of extant Cariamiformes following AviList checklist v2025. (link)
References
Stiller
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evolution revealed by family-level genomes, Nature 629, 851-860. (free reading)
