Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also De Pietri et al. 2020, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Gadow 1898, Mayr 2022, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcoidae, Burhinidae, Charadrii, Charadriisimilis, Chionidae, Cimolopterygidae, Dakotornithidae, Elseyornis, Erythrogonys, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Haematopodidae, Hydrophasianus, Jacanidae, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Peltohyas, Phegornis, Pluvianellus, Pluvianidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopaci, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Thinornis, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Alcides Chionidides Glareolidae Larides Laromorphae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore