Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
             Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
               Infraorder Charadriides Huxley, 1867
                 Parvorder Scolopacida see Infraorder Scolopacides Strauch, 1978
                   Superfamily Scolopacoidea Vigors, 1825
                     Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
                       Subfamily Tringinae Gray, 1840 - sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes
                         Genus Tringa Linnaeus, 1758
                           Tringa solitaria Wilson, 1813 - solitary sandpiper