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 Scolopacinae Vigors - woodcock, snipe
                         Genus Gallinago Brisson, 1760
                           01 Gallinago solitaria Hodgson, 1831 - solitary snipe
                           02 Gallinago hardwickii (Gray, 1831) - Latham's snipe
                           03 Gallinago nemoricola Hodgson, 1836 - wood snipe
                           04 Gallinago stenura (Bonaparte, 1830) - pintail snipe
                           05 Gallinago megala Swinhoe, 1861 - Swinhoe's snipe
                           06 Gallinago media (Latham, 1787) - great snipe
                           07 Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) - common snipe
                           08 Gallinago nigripennis Bonaparte, 1839 - African snipe
                           09 Gallinago macrodactyla Bonaparte, 1839 - Madagascar snipe
                           10 Gallinago paraguaiae (Vieillot, 1816) - South American snipe
                           11 Gallinago andina Taczanowski, 1875 - Puna snipe
                           12 Gallinago nobilis Sclater, 1856 - noble snipe
                           13 Gallinago undulata (Boddaert, 1783) - giant snipe
                           14 Gallinago jamesoni (Jardine & Bonaparte, 1855) - Andean snipe
                           15 Gallinago stricklandii (Gray, 1845) - Fuegian snipe see Gallinago stricklandi (G.R. Gray, 1845)
                           16 Gallinago imperialis Sclater & Salvin, 1869 - imperial snipe