Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
               Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
                 Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
                   Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
                     Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
                       Genus Numenius Brisson, 1760
                         1 Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian curlew
                         2 Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817 - slender-billed curlew
                         3 Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Far Eastern curlew
                         4 Numenius americanus Bechstein, 1812 - long-billed curlew
                         5 Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) - whimbrel
                         6 Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin, 1789) - bristle-thighed curlew
                         7 Numenius borealis (Forster, 1772) - eskimo curlew