Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
     Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
       Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
         Family Alcidae Vigors, 1825 - auks
         Family Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 - thick-knees
         Family Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
         Family Chionididae Lesson, 1828 - sheathbills
         Family Dromadidae Gray, 1840 - crab plover
         Family Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 - coursers, pratincoles
         Family Haematopodidae Gray, 1840 - oystercatchers see Family Haematopidae Bonaparte, 1838
         Family Ibidorhynchidae Bonaparte, 1856 - ibisbill see Subfamily Ibidorhynchinae Bonaparte, 1856
         Family Jacanidae Stejneger, 1885 - jacanas
         Family Laridae Vigors, 1825 - gulls, terns and skimmers
         Family Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1831 - stilts, avocets
         Family Rostratulidae Ridgway, 1919 - painted-snipe
         Family Rynchopidae Bonaparte, 1838 - skimmers
         Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
         Family Stercorariidae Gray, 1870 - skuas
         Family Thinocoridae Gray, 1845 - seedsnipes