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 Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 - coursers, pratincoles
               Subfamily Glareolinae Brehm, 1831 - pratincoles, coursers
                 Genus Glareola Brisson, 1760
                   Glareola cinerea Fraser, 1843 - grey pratincole
                   Glareola lactea Temminck, 1820 - small pratincole
                   Glareola maldivarum Forster, 1795 - Oriental pratincole
                   Glareola nordmanni Fischer, 1842 - black-winged pratincole
                   Glareola nuchalis Gray, 1849 - rock pratincole
                   Glareola ocularis Verreaux, 1833 - Madagascar pratincole
                   Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766) - collared pratincole