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 senegallus (Linnaeus, 1766) - wattled lapwing
                 1 Vanellus senegallus senegallus (Linnaeus, 1766)
                 2 Vanellus senegallus major (Neumann, 1914)
                 3 Vanellus senegallus lateralis Smith, 1839