Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
         Family Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 - coursers, pratincoles
           Subfamily Cursoriinae Gray, 1840
             Genus Rhinoptilus Strickland, 1852
               Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863) - three-banded courser
                 Rhinoptilus cinctus balsaci (Érard, Hémery & Pasquet, 1993)