Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  
 Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874
 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
    
 Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
      
 Subdivision Bilateralia
        
 Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
          
 Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
 see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
            
 Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds
 see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
              
 Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893
 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
                
 Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
                  
 Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds
 see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
                    
 Family Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - plovers
                      
 Subfamily Charadriinae Vigors, 1825 - plovers, lapwings
                        
 Genus Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758
                          
 Charadrius falklandicus Latham, 1790 - two-banded plover