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 Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
           Subfamily Vanellinae Blyth, 1849
             Genus Vanellus Brisson, 1760
               Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783) - crowned lapwing
                 1 Vanellus coronatus demissus (Friedmann, 1928)
                 2 Vanellus coronatus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)
                 3 Vanellus coronatus xerophilus Clancey, 1960