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
Genus Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758
01 Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 - common ringed plover
02 Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786 - little ringed plover
03 Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758 - Kentish plover
04 Charadrius melodus Ord, 1824 - piping plover
05 Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825 - semipalmated plover
06 Charadrius ruficapillus Temminck, 1821 - red-capped plover
07 Charadrius peronii Schlegel, 1865 - Malaysian plover
08 Charadrius venustus Fischer & Reichenow, 1884
09 Charadrius cucullatus Vieillot, 1818
10 Charadrius falklandicus Latham, 1790 - two-banded plover
11 Charadrius alticola (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902) - Puna plover
12 Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, 1826 - greater sand plover
13 Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773 - Caspian plover
14 Charadrius mongolus Pallas, 1776 - lesser sand plover
15 Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 - killdeer
16 Charadrius tricollaris Vieillot, 1818 - three-banded plover
17 Charadrius forbesi (Shelley, 1883) - Forbes's plover
18 Charadrius bicinctus Jardine & Selby, 1827 - double-banded plover
19 Charadrius collaris Vieillot, 1818 - collared plover
20 Charadrius pecuarius Temminck, 1823 - Kittlitz's plover
21 Charadrius thoracicus (Richmond, 1896) - Madagascar plover
22 Charadrius wilsonia Ord, 1814 - Wilson's plover
23 Charadrius melanops Vieillot, 1818
see Elseyornis melanops (Vieillot, 1818)