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 Charadriinae Vigors, 1825 - plovers, lapwings
             Genus Phegornis Gray, 1846 [monotypic]
               1 Phegornis mitchellii (Fraser, 1845) - diademed sandpiper-plover