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 Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
                       Subfamily Vanellinae Blyth, 1849
                         01 Genus Lobivanellus Strickland, 1841 see Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
                         02 Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
                         03 Genus Chettusia Bonaparte, 1838 see Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
                         04 Genus Hoplopterus Bonaparte, 1831 see Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
                         05 Genus Belonopterus Reichenbach, [1852] see Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
                         06 Genus Xiphidiopterus Reichenbach, 1852-1853 see Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
                         07 Genus Stephanibyx Reichenbach, [1852] see Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
                         08 Genus Hemiparra Salvadori, 1865 see Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
                         09 Genus Afribyx Mathews, 1913 see Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
                         10 Genus Sarciophorus Strickland, 1841 see Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760