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 Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
1 Subfamily Scolopacinae Vigors [monotypic] - woodcock, snipe
2 Subfamily Gallinagininae
3 Subfamily Tringinae Gray, 1840 - sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes
4 Subfamily Arenariinae Stejneger, 1885 [monotypic]
5 Subfamily Calidridinae
6 Subfamily Phalaropodinae Bonaparte, 1831 - phalaropes
see Family Phalaropodidae Bonaparte, 1831