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 Jacanidae Stejneger, 1885 - jacanas Genus Actophilornis Oberholser, 1925 Actophilornis africanus (Gmelin, 1789) - African jacana