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
         01 ?Family Turnicidae Gray, 1840 - buttonquails
         02 Family Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 - thick-knees
         03 Family Chionidae Lesson, 1828 - sheathbills and allies see Family Chionididae Lesson, 1828
         04 Family Haematopodidae Gray, 1840 [monotypic] - oystercatchers see Family Haematopidae Bonaparte, 1838
         05 Family Dromadidae Gray, 1840 - crab plover
         06 Family Ibidorhynchidae Bonaparte, 1856 - ibisbill see Subfamily Ibidorhynchinae Bonaparte, 1856
         07 Family Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1831 - stilts, avocets
         08 Family Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
         09 Family Rostratulidae Ridgway, 1919 - painted-snipe
         10 Family Jacanidae Stejneger, 1885 - jacanas
         11 Family Pedionomidae Gadow, 1893 [monotypic] - plains wanderer
         12 Family Thinocoridae Gray, 1845 - seedsnipes
         13 Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
         14 Family Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 - coursers, pratincoles
         15 Family Laridae Vigors, 1825 - gulls, terns and skimmers
         16 Family Stercorariidae Gray, 1870 [monotypic] - skuas
         17 Family Alcidae Vigors, 1825 - auks