 Osteological and molecular data has since led to the dissolution of the family Raphidae, and the dodo and solitaire are now placed in their own subfamily, Raphinae, in the family Columbidae.The "Réunion solitaire", long considered a third extinct didine bird, has turned out to be an ibis; it is now known as "Threskiornis solitarius".The 2002 study indicated that the ancestors of the Rodrigues solitaire and the dodo diverged around the Paleogene-Neogene boundary.