Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
             Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
               Infraorder Charadriides Huxley, 1867
                 Parvorder Charadriida see Superfamily Charadrioidea Vigors, 1825
                   Superfamily Charadrioidea Vigors, 1825
                     Family Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
                       Subfamily Charadriinae Vigors, 1825 - plovers, lapwings
                         Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
                           01 Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) - northern lapwing
                           02 Vanellus crassirostris (Hartlaub, 1855) - long-toed lapwing
                           03 Vanellus malabaricus (Boddaert, 1783) - yellow-wattled lapwing
                           04 Vanellus macropterus (Wagler, 1827) - Javanese lapwing
                           05 Vanellus tricolor (Vieillot, 1818) - banded lapwing
                           06 Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) - masked lapwing
                           07 Vanellus armatus (Burchell, 1822) - blacksmith lapwing
                           08 Vanellus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) - spur-winged lapwing
                           09 Vanellus duvaucelii (Lesson, 1826) - river lapwing
                           10 Vanellus tectus (Boddaert, 1783) - black-headed lapwing
                           11 Vanellus melanocephalus (Rüppell, 1845) - spot-breasted lapwing
                           12 Vanellus cinereus (Blyth, 1842) - grey-headed lapwing
                           13 Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) - red-wattled lapwing
                           14 Vanellus albiceps Gould, 1834 - white-headed lapwing
                           15 Vanellus senegallus (Linnaeus, 1766) - wattled lapwing
                           16 Vanellus lugubris (Lesson, 1826) - Senegal lapwing
                           17 Vanellus melanopterus (Cretzschmar, 1829) - black-winged lapwing
                           18 Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783) - crowned lapwing
                           19 Vanellus superciliosus (Reichenow, 1886) - brown-chested lapwing
                           20 Vanellus gregarius (Pallas, 1771) - sociable lapwing
                           21 Vanellus leucurus (Lichtenstein, 1823) - white-tailed lapwing
                           22 Vanellus cayanus (Latham, 1790) - pied lapwing
                           23 Vanellus chilensis (Molina, 1782) - southern lapwing
                           24 Vanellus resplendens (Tschudi, 1843) - Andean lapwing