Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
           Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
             Family Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 - coursers, pratincoles
               Subfamily Cursiorinae see Subfamily Cursoriinae Gray, 1840
                 1 Genus Pluvianus Vieillot, 1816
                 2 Genus Cursorius Latham, 1790
                 3 Genus Rhinoptilus Strickland, 1852