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 Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 - thick-knees
           Genus Burhinus Illiger, 1811
             1 Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian thick-knee
             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 grallarius (Latham, 1802) - bush thick-knee