Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
   Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
     Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
       Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
           Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
             1 Infraorder Pteroclides see Suborder Pterocletes Boucard, 1876
             2 Infraorder Charadriides Huxley, 1867