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 Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
               Subfamily Tringinae Gray, 1840 - sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes
                 1 Genus Limosa Brisson, 1760
                 2 Genus Numenius Brisson, 1760
                 3 Genus Bartramia Lesson, 1831
                 4 Genus Tringa Linnaeus, 1758
                 5 Genus Catoptrophorus Bonaparte, 1827
                 6 Genus Xenus Kaup, 1829
                 7 Genus Actitis Illiger, 1811
                 8 Genus Heteroscelus Baird, 1858
                 9 Genus Prosobonia Bonaparte, 1850