Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
Status: extant
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
  Status: extant
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
    Status: extant
       [Order] Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
      Status: extant
         Family Laridae Vigors, 1825 - gulls, terns and skimmers
        Status: extant
           Subfamily Sterninae Bonaparte, 1838 - terns
          Status: extant
             Genus Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
            Status: extant
               Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831 - lesser crested-tern
              Status: extant
                 Sterna bengalensis bengalensis Lesson, 1831
                Status: extant