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 Laridae Vigors, 1825 - gulls, terns and skimmers
           Subfamily Sterninae Bonaparte, 1838 - terns
             Genus Anous Stephens, 1826
               Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823) - lesser noddy
                 1 Anous tenuirostris tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823)
                 2 Anous tenuirostris melanops Gould, 1846