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
Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian golden-plover
Pluvialis apricaria apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758)