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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
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Family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, snipes, and relatives)
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Genus Numenius (curlews)-
Species Numenius americanus (long-billed curlew) -
Species Numenius arquata (Eurasian curlew) -
Species Numenius borealis (Eskimo curlew)
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Species Numenius madagascariensis (eastern curlew)
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Species Numenius minutus (little curlew)
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Species Numenius phaeopus (whimbrel)
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Species Numenius tahitiensis (bristle-thighed curlew)
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Species Numenius tenuirostris (slender-billed curlew)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
