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
             01 Family Jacanidae Stejneger, 1885 - jacanas
             02 Family Rostratulidae Ridgway, 1919 - painted-snipe
             03 Family Dromadidae Gray, 1840 - crab plover
             04 Family Haematopodidae Gray, 1840 - oystercatchers see Family Haematopidae Bonaparte, 1838
             05 Family Ibidorhynchidae Bonaparte, 1856 - ibisbill see Subfamily Ibidorhynchinae Bonaparte, 1856
             06 Family Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1831 - stilts, avocets
             07 Family Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 - thick-knees
             08 Family Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 - coursers, pratincoles
             09 Family Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
             10 Family Pluvianellidae Reichenbach, 1848 - Magellanic plover see Subfamily Pluvianellinae
             11 Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
             12 Family Thinocoridae Gray, 1845 - seedsnipes
             13 Family Chionididae Lesson, 1828 - sheathbills