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 Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
Vanellus albiceps Gould, 1834 - white-headed lapwing
Vanellus armatus (Burchell, 1822) - blacksmith lapwing
Vanellus cayanus (Latham, 1790) - pied lapwing
Vanellus chilensis (Molina, 1782) - southern lapwing
Vanellus cinereus (Blyth, 1842) - grey-headed lapwing
Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783) - crowned lapwing
Vanellus crassirostris (Hartlaub, 1855) - long-toed lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii (Lesson, 1826) - river lapwing
Vanellus gregarius (Pallas, 1771) - sociable lapwing
Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) - red-wattled lapwing
Vanellus leucurus (Lichtenstein, 1823) - white-tailed lapwing
Vanellus lugubris (Lesson, 1826) - Senegal lapwing
†Vanellus macropterus (Wagler, 1827) - Javanese lapwing
Vanellus malabaricus (Boddaert, 1783) - yellow-wattled lapwing
Vanellus melanocephalus (Rüppell, 1845) - spot-breasted lapwing
Vanellus melanopterus (Cretzschmar, 1829) - black-winged lapwing
Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) - masked lapwing
Vanellus resplendens (Tschudi, 1843) - Andean lapwing
Vanellus senegallus (Linnaeus, 1766) - wattled lapwing
Vanellus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) - spur-winged lapwing
Vanellus superciliosus (Reichenow, 1886) - brown-chested lapwing
Vanellus tectus (Boddaert, 1783) - black-headed lapwing
Vanellus tricolor (Vieillot, 1818) - banded lapwing
Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) - northern lapwing