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
                     Family Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 - thick-knees
                       Genus Burhinus Illiger, 1811
                         1 Burhinus magnirostris (Latham, 1801)
                         2 Burhinus senegalensis (Swainson, 1837) - Senegal thick-knee
                         3 Burhinus vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868) - water thick-knee
                         4 Burhinus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) - spotted thick-knee
                         5 Burhinus bistriatus (Wagler, 1829) - double-striped thick-knee
                         6 Burhinus superciliaris (Tschudi, 1843) - Peruvian thick-knee
                         7 Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian thick-knee