Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
         ?Family Turnicidae Gray, 1840 - buttonquails
           Genus Turnix Bonnaterre, 1791
             Turnix varius (Latham, 1802)
               1 ‡?Turnix varius novaecaledoniae Ogilvie-Grant, 1893
               2 Turnix varius scintillans (Gould, 1845)
               3 Turnix varius varius (Latham, 1802)