Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
   Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
     Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
       1 Subfamily †Palaeotringinae Wetmore
       2 Subfamily †Rostratulinae Ridgway - painted snipes
       3 Subfamily Scolopacinae Vigors - woodcock, snipe
       4 Subfamily Aphrizinae Coues - surfbird and turnstones see Subfamily Tringinae Gray, 1840
       5 Subfamily Charadriinae Vigors, 1825 - plovers, lapwings
       6 Subfamily Phalaropodinae Bonaparte, 1831 - phalaropes see Family Phalaropodidae Bonaparte, 1831
       7 Subfamily Haematopodinae Bonaparte, 1838 - oystercatchers