Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
           Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
             Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 - coursers, pratincoles
               Cursiorinae see Subfamily Cursoriinae Gray, 1840
                 Pluvianus Vieillot, 1816
                   Pluvianus aegyptius (Linnaeus, 1758) - crocodile-bird