Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds
see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893
see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds
see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
Subfamily Phalaropodinae Bonaparte, 1831 - phalaropes
see Family Phalaropodidae Bonaparte, 1831
Genus Phalaropus Brisson, 1760
Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot, 1819) - Wilson's phalarope