Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
           Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
             Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825 - sandpipers, snipe
               Subfamily Gallinagoninae Jehl, 1968 see Subfamily Scolopacinae Vigors
                 Genus Gallinago Brisson, 1760
                   Gallinago imperialis Sclater & Salvin, 1869 - imperial snipe