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 Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
               Subfamily Tringinae Gray, 1840 - sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes
                 Genus Tringa Linnaeus, 1758
                   Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) - common greenshank