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
                 Genus Numenius Brisson, 1760
                   Numenius americanus Bechstein, 1812 - long-billed curlew
                   Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian curlew
                   Numenius borealis (Forster, 1772) - eskimo curlew
                   Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Far Eastern curlew
                   Numenius minutus Gould, 1841 - little curlew
                   Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) - whimbrel
                   Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin, 1789) - bristle-thighed curlew
                   Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817 - slender-billed curlew