living organisms
see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Superkingdom Eukaryotae
see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
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
01 Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds
see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
02 Suborder Lari Sharpe, 1891 - gulls and allies
03 Suborder Alcae Sharpe - auks
see Superfamily Laroidea Vigors, 1825
04 Family Jacanidae Stejneger, 1885 - jacanas
05 Family Rostratulidae Ridgway, 1919 - painted-snipe
06 Family Haematopodidae Gray, 1840 - oystercatchers
see Family Haematopidae Bonaparte, 1838
07 Family Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
08 Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
09 Family Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1831 - stilts, avocets
10 Family Phalaropodidae Bonaparte, 1831
11 Family Dromadidae Gray, 1840 - crab plover
12 Family Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 - thick-knees
13 Family Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 - coursers, pratincoles
14 Family Thinocoridae Gray, 1845 - seedsnipes
15 Family Chionidae Lesson, 1828 - sheathbills and allies
see Family Chionididae Lesson, 1828
16 Family Stercorariidae Gray, 1870 - skuas
17 Family Laridae Vigors, 1825 - gulls, terns and skimmers
18 Family Rynchopidae Bonaparte, 1838 - skimmers
19 Family Alcidae Vigors, 1825 - auks