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 Rynchopinae (Dickinson & Remsen, 2013) [monotypic] see Family Rynchopidae Bonaparte, 1838
             Genus Rynchops Linnaeus, 1758
               Rynchops flavirostris Vieillot, 1816 - African skimmer