Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
         Family Rostratulidae Ridgway, 1919 - painted-snipe
           Genus Rostratula Vieillot, 1816 [monotypic]
             Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - greater painted-snipe
               1 Rostratula benghalensis benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
               2 Rostratula benghalensis australis (Gould, 1838)