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
           Subfamily Tringinae Gray, 1840 - sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes
             Genus Numenius Brisson, 1760
               Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) - whimbrel
                 1 Numenius phaeopus islandicus Brehm, 1831
                 2 Numenius phaeopus phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) - whimbrel
                 3 Numenius phaeopus alboaxillaris Lowe, 1921
                 4 Numenius phaeopus variegatus (Scopoli, 1786)
                 5 Numenius phaeopus rufiventris Vigors, 1829
                 6 Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus Latham, 1790 - Hudsonian curlew