Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
   Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
     1 Family †Cimolopterygidae Brodkorb
     2 Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
     3 Family Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1831 - stilts, avocets
     4 Family Jacanidae Stejneger, 1885 - jacanas
     5 Family Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 - thick-knees
     6 Family Dromadidae Gray, 1840 - crab plover
     7 Family Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 - coursers, pratincoles
     8 Family Thinocoridae Gray, 1845 - seedsnipes
     9 Family Chionididae Lesson, 1828 - sheathbills