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 Charadriinae Vigors, 1825 - plovers, lapwings
Genus Phegornis Gray, 1846 [monotypic]
Phegornis mitchellii (Fraser, 1845) - diademed sandpiper-plover