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 Gallinagininae
             Genus Gallinago Brisson, 1760
               Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) - common snipe
                 Gallinago gallinago faeroeensis (Brehm, 1831)