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 Pluvialis Brisson, 1760
                 Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian golden-plover
                 Pluvialis dominica (Statius Müller, 1776) - American golden-plover
                 Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, 1789) - Pacific golden-plover
                 Pluvialis obscura (Gmelin, 1788) see Charadrius obscurus Gmelin, 1789
                 Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) - grey plover