Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         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
                 Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
                   Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
                     01 Family Jacanidae Stejneger, 1885 - jacanas
                     02 Family Phalaropodidae Bonaparte, 1831
                     03 Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
                     04 Family Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1831 - stilts, avocets
                     05 Family Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
                     06 Family Rostratulidae Ridgway, 1919 - painted-snipe
                     07 Family Haematopodidae Gray, 1840 - oystercatchers see Family Haematopidae Bonaparte, 1838
                     08 Family Chionididae Lesson, 1828 - sheathbills
                     09 Family Thinocoridae Gray, 1845 - seedsnipes
                     10 Family Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 - coursers, pratincoles
                     11 Family Dromadidae Gray, 1840 - crab plover
                     12 Family Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 - thick-knees