Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Count: [s] 23o;144f;2043g;9628s;2127ss; ‡1f;21g;74s;12ss
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
  Count: [s] 23o;144f;2043g;9628s;2127ss; ‡1f;21g;74s;12ss
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
    Count: [s] 21o;139f;2029g;9571s;2115ss; ‡1f;21g;74s;12ss
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
      Count: [s] 10o;106f;1787g;8445s;1871ss; ‡1f;18g;69s;9ss
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
        Count: -
           Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
          Count: -
             Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
            Count: [s] 12f;85g;362s;47ss; ‡1g;3s
               Infraorder Charadriides Huxley, 1867
              Count: -
                 Parvorder Charadriida see Superfamily Charadrioidea Vigors, 1825
                Count: [s] 6f;52g;244s;39ss; ‡1g;2s
                   Superfamily Laroidea Vigors, 1825
                  Count: -
                     Family Laridae Vigors, 1825 - gulls, terns and skimmers
                    Count: [s] 27g;127s;22ss; ‡1g;1s
                       Subfamily Larinae Vigors, 1825 - gulls
                      Count: [s] 16g;105s;18ss
                         Tribe Sternini Bonaparte, 1838 - terns see Subfamily Sterninae Bonaparte, 1838
                        Count: [s] 7g;44s;6ss
                           Genus Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
                          Count: [s] 32s;2ss
                             Sterna nereis (Gould, 1843) - fairy tern
                            Count: -