Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Status: extant
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
  Status: extant
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
    Status: extant
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
      Status: extant
         Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
        Status: extant
           Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
          Status: extant
             01 Family Jacanidae Stejneger, 1885 - jacanas
            Status: extant
             02 Family Rostratulidae Ridgway, 1919 - painted-snipe
            Status: extant
             03 Family Dromadidae Gray, 1840 - crab plover
            Status: extant
             04 Family Haematopodidae Gray, 1840 - oystercatchers see Family Haematopidae Bonaparte, 1838
            Status: extant
             05 Family Ibidorhynchidae Bonaparte, 1856 - ibisbill see Subfamily Ibidorhynchinae Bonaparte, 1856
            Status: extant
             06 Family Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1831 - stilts, avocets
            Status: extant
             07 Family Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 - thick-knees
            Status: extant
             08 Family Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 - coursers, pratincoles
            Status: extant
             09 Family Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
            Status: extant
             10 Family Pluvianellidae Reichenbach, 1848 - Magellanic plover see Subfamily Pluvianellinae
            Status: extant
             11 Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
            Status: extant
             12 Family Thinocoridae Gray, 1845 - seedsnipes
            Status: extant
             13 Family Chionididae Lesson, 1828 - sheathbills
            Status: extant