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 Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 - thick-knees
           Genus Burhinus Illiger, 1811
             Burhinus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) - spotted thick-knee
               Burhinus capensis maculosus (Temminck, 1824)