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 Charadriinae Vigors, 1825 - plovers, lapwings
                         01 Genus Pluvialis Brisson, 1760
                         02 Genus Eudromias Brehm, 1831 see Genus Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758
                         03 Genus Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758
                         04 Genus Pluviorhynchus Bonaparte, 1856 see Genus Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758
                         05 Genus Oreopholus Jardine & Selby, 1835
                         06 Genus Podasocys Coues, 1866 see Genus Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758
                         07 Genus Erythrogonys Gould, 1838
                         08 Genus Thinornis Gray, 1845
                         09 Genus Pluvianellus Gray, 1846
                         10 Genus Zonibyx Reichenbach, 1852-1853 see Genus Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758
                         11 Genus Anarhynchus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
                         12 Genus Aechmorhynchus Coues, 1874