Zhyraornis is a genus of prehistoric bird from the late Cretaceous period (middle Turonian, 92 mya).

[1] Its fossils have been found in Bissekty Formation deposits near Dzharakuduk in the Kyzyl Kum, Uzbekistan.

Paleontologist Lev Nesov originally classified in a distinct family (Zhyraornithidae)[2] and later suborder (Zhyraornithi)[3] within the order Ichthyornithiformes.

[2] Kurochkin (1996) considered it to belong to the Enantiornithes, specifically the family Alexornithidae.

[4] In 2006, Kurochkin re-classified it as a primitive member of the lineage leading to modern birds, the Ornithuromorpha.