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 Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758
                 Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758 - Kentish plover
                 Charadrius alticola (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902) - Puna plover
                 Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773 - Caspian plover
                 Charadrius bicinctus Jardine & Selby, 1827 - double-banded plover
                 Charadrius cinctus (Gould, 1837) see Erythrogonys cinctus Gould, 1838
                 Charadrius collaris Vieillot, 1818 - collared plover
                 Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786 - little ringed plover
                 Charadrius falklandicus Latham, 1790 - two-banded plover
                 Charadrius forbesi (Shelley, 1883) - Forbes's plover
                 Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 - common ringed plover
                 Charadrius javanicus Chasen, 1938 - Javan plover
                 Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, 1826 - greater sand plover
                 Charadrius marginatus Vieillot, 1818 - white-fronted plover
                 Charadrius melanops Vieillot, 1818 see Elseyornis melanops (Vieillot, 1818)
                 Charadrius melodus Ord, 1824 - piping plover
                 Charadrius modestus Lichtenstein, 1823 - rufous-chested plover
                 Charadrius mongolus Pallas, 1776 - lesser sand plover
                 Charadrius montanus Townsend, 1837 - mountain plover
                 Charadrius novaeseelandiae J.F. Gmelin, 1788 see Thinornis novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789)
                 Charadrius pallidus Strickland, 1853 - chestnut-banded plover
                 Charadrius pecuarius Temminck, 1823 - Kittlitz's plover
                 Charadrius peronii Schlegel, 1865 - Malaysian plover
                 Charadrius placidus Gray & Gray, 1863 - long-billed plover
                 Charadrius rubricollis J.F. Gmelin, 1789 - hooded plover see Thinornis rubricollis (Gmelin, 1789)
                 Charadrius ruficapillus Temminck, 1821 - red-capped plover
                 Charadrius sanctaehelenae (Harting, 1873) - St. Helena plover
                 Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825 - semipalmated plover
                 Charadrius thoracicus (Richmond, 1896) - Madagascar plover
                 Charadrius tricollaris Vieillot, 1818 - three-banded plover
                 Charadrius veredus Gould, 1848 - Oriental plover
                 Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 - killdeer
                 Charadrius wilsonia Ord, 1814 - Wilson's plover