Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   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
           Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
             Family Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 - thick-knees
               Genus Burhinus Illiger, 1811
                 Burhinus bistriatus (Wagler, 1829) - double-striped thick-knee
                 Burhinus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) - spotted thick-knee
                 Burhinus magnirostris (Latham, 1801)
                 Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian thick-knee
                 Burhinus senegalensis (Swainson, 1837) - Senegal thick-knee
                 Burhinus superciliaris (Tschudi, 1843) - Peruvian thick-knee
                 Burhinus vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868) - water thick-knee