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 Pluvialinae MacGillivray, 1852 [monotypic]
             Genus Pluvialis Brisson, 1760
               1 Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian golden-plover
               2 Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, 1789) - Pacific golden-plover
               3 Pluvialis dominica (Statius Müller, 1776) - American golden-plover
               4 Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) - grey plover