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 Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
           Subfamily Vanellinae Blyth, 1849
             Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
               Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) - red-wattled lapwing
                 1 Vanellus indicus aigneri (Laubmann, 1913)
                 2 Vanellus indicus indicus (Boddaert, 1783)
                 3 Vanellus indicus lankae (Koelz, 1939)
                 4 Vanellus indicus atronuchalis (Jerdon, 1864)