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
             Burhinus vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868) - water thick-knee
               1 Burhinus vermiculatus buettikoferi (Reichenow, 1898)
               2 Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868)