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 niger Linnaeus, 1758 - black skimmer
1 Rynchops niger niger Linnaeus, 1758
2 Rynchops niger cinerascens Spix, 1825
3 Rynchops niger intercedens Saunders, 1895