After Baker, Pereira & Paton, 2007, and Smith & Clarke, 2012, with Recent species from Peterson, 2002-2016, and Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992

<==o Charadriiformes sensu Ericson, 1996 (shore-birds; rantalinnut)
   |--o Charadrii
   |  |--+--o Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 (thick-knees; paksujalat)
   |  |  |  |-- Esacus Lesson, 1831
   |  |  |  `-- Burhinus Illiger, 1811 (thick-knees; paksujalat) Mioc. NA. Plioc. NA. R. NA. Eu. As. Af.
   |  |  `--+-- Pluvianellus socialis G.R. Gray, 1846 [Pluvianellidae Jehl, 1975] (hopeakurmitsa)
   |  |     `--o Chionis J.R. Forster, 1788 [Chionididae Bonaparte, 1832] (tuppinokat)
   |  |        |-- C. albus (Gmelin, 1789) [G. alba] (keltatuppinokka)
   |  |        `-- C. minor Hartlaub, 1841 (mustatuppinokka)
   |  `--+--o Charadriidae Vigors, 1825
   |     |  |?- †Viator picis Campbell, 1979
   |     |  |?- Belanopteryx Reichenbach, 1852 [Vanellus (Belanopteryx)] (amerikanhyypät)
   |     |  |--o Vanellinae Bonaparte, 1842
   |     |  |  |-- Vanellus Brisson, 1760 [Afribyx; Tylibyx; Parra; Stephanibyx; Hemiparra?; Hoploxypterus; Xiphidiopterus] (lapwings; hyypät)
   |     |  |  `--+-- Erythrogonys cinctus Gould, 1838 [Charadrius cinctus (Gould, 1838)] (australiantylli)
   |     |  |     `--+-- Peltohyas australis (Gould, 1841) Sharpe, 1896 (australiankurmitsa)
   |     |  |        `-- Anarhynchus frontalis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 [Charadrius frontalis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) sensu Holdaway et al., 2001] (kieronokkatylli)
   |     |  `--o Charadriinae Vigors, 1825
   |     |     |-- Oreopholus Jardine & Selby, 1835 (suokurmitsat)
   |     |     `--+-- Phegornis mitchellii (Fraser, 1845) G.R. Gray, 1846 (andienkurmitsa)
   |     |        `--+-- Eudromias morinellus (Linnaeus, 1758) C.L. Brehm, 1830 (keräkurmitsa)
   |     |           `--+-- Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758 (plovers; tyllit)
   |     |              `--+-- Thinornis novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789) G.R. Gray, 1845 [Charadrius novaeseelandiae sensu Holdaway et al., 2001] [incl. Thinornis rossii (nomen dubium)] (kolotylli)
   |     |                 `-- Elseyornis melanops (Vieillot, 1818) Mathews, 1914 [Charadrius melanops] (mustaotsatylli)
   |     `--+-- Pluvialis Brisson, 1760 (kurmitsat)
   |        `--+--+-- Ibidorhyncha struthersii Vigors, 1832 [Ibidorhynchidae Bonaparte, 1856] (iibisnokka)
   |           |  `-- Haematopus Linnaeus, 1758 [Haematopodidae Bonaparte, 1838] (Oystercatcher's; meriharakat)
   |           `--o Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1854 ( Stilts; avosetit)
   |              |-- Recurvirostra Linnaeus, 1758 (avosetit)
   |              `--+-- Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (Vieillot, 1816) GR Gray, 1840 (vyöpitkäjalka)
   |                 `-- Himantopus Brisson, 1760 (pitkäjalat)
   `--+--o Scolopaci Rafinesque, 1815
      |  |--o Scolopacidae Rafinesque, 1815 [incl. Phalaropodidae Bonaparte, 1831]
      |  |  |?- †Paractitis bardi
      |  |  |?- †Erolia melanotos
      |  |  |--+-- Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) Lesson, 1831 (preeriakahlaaja)
      |  |  |  `-- Numenius Brisson, 1760 (kuovit)
      |  |  `--+-- Limosa Brisson, 1760 (kuirit)
      |  |     `--+--+--+-- Lymnocryptes minimus (Brunnich, 1764) Boie, 1826 (jänkäkurppa)
      |  |        |  |  `-- Limnodromus Wied-Neuwied, 1833 (kurppelot)
      |  |        |  `--+-- Scolopax Linnaeus, 1758 [incl.? Philohela] [Scolopacinae] (lehtokurpat)
      |  |        |     `--o Gallinagoninae (snipes; kurpat)
      |  |        |        |-- Coenocorypha G.R. Gray, 1855 (töpökurpat)
      |  |        |        `-- Gallinago Brisson, 1760 [Capella] (kurpat)
      |  |        `--+--+-- Phalaropus Brisson, 1760 [incl. Steganopus Vieillot, 1819] [Phalaropodidae Bonaparte, 1831] (vesipääskyt)
      |  |           |  `--o ?Tringinae (viklojensukuiset) 
      |  |           |     |?- Prosobonia Bonaparte, 1850 [Aechmorhynchus] (tuamotunsirrit; paumotonkuirit) 
      |  |           |     |-- Xenus cinerus (Guldenstadt, 1775) Kaup, 1829 [Tringa cinerea] (rantakurvi)
      |  |           |     `--+-- Actitis Illiger, 1811 [sg.?=> Tringa] (rantasipit)
      |  |           |        `--+-- Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Gmelin, 1789) Bonaparte, 1827 (preeriaviklo)
      |  |           |           `--+-- Heteroscelus SF Baird, 1858 [sg.?=> Tringa]
      |  |           |              `-- Tringa Linnaeus, 1758 [incl.? Totanus] (viklot)
      |  |           `--+-- Arenaria Brisson, 1760 [Arenariinae] (karikukot)
      |  |              `--o Calidridinae (sirrit)
      |  |                 |--+-- Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) Cabanis, 1857 (tundravikla)
      |  |                 |  `-- Micropalama himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) [Calidris himantopus] (pitkäkoipisirri)
      |  |                 |--+-- Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) Merrem, 1804 (suokukko)
      |  |                 |  `-- Limicola falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763) Koch, 1816 (jänkäsirriäinen)
      |  |                 `--+-- Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Nilsson, 1821 (lusikkasirri)
      |  |                    `--+-- Aphriza virgata (Gmelin, 1789) Audubon, 1839 (tyrskykahlaaja)
      |  |                       `-- Calidris Merrem, 1804 [incl.? Ereunetes] (knots; sirrit)
      |  `--+--+-- Pedionomus torquatus Gould, 1841 [Pedionomidae Bonaparte, 1852] (arojuoksijat; collared hemipodes)
      |     |  `--o Thinocoridae Gray, 1845
      |     |     |-- Attagis I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Lesson, 1831 (isoylänköjuoksijat)
      |     |     `-- Thinocorus Eschscholtz, 1829 (pikkuylänköjuoksijat)
      |     `--+--o Rostratulidae Ridgway, 1919
      |        |  |-- Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Vieillot, 1816 (keltakurppa)
      |        |  `-- Nycticryphes semicollaris (Vieillot, 1816) Wetmore & JL Peters, 1923 [Rostratula semicollaris Vieillot, 1816] (amerikankurppa)
      |        `--+?- †Vanolimicola longihallucis Mayr, 2017
      |           `--o Jacanidae Stejneger, 1885 (jassanat)
      |              |?- †Janipes nymphaeobates Rasmussen et al., 1987
      |              |?- †Nupharanassa Rasmussen et al., 1987
      |              |?- Metopidius indicus (Latham, 1790) Wagler, 1832 (pronssijassana)
      |              |--+-- Hydrophasianus chirurgus (Scopoli, 1786) Wagler, 1832 (kirurgijassana)
      |              |  `-- Jacana Brisson, 1760 (amerikanjassanat)
      |              `--+-- Actophilornis Oberholster, 1925 (afrikanjassanat)
      |                 `--+-- Microparra capensis (A. Smith, 1839) Cabanis, 1877 (pikkujassana)
      |                    `-- Irediparra gallinacea (Temminck, 1828) Mathews, 1911 (lootusjassana)
      `--o Lari
         |--o Turnicidae (Gray, 1840) (buttonquails; lyhytjalkajuoksijat)
         |  |-- Ortyxelos meiffrenii (Vieillot, 1819) Vieillot, 1825 (kurmitsajuoksija)
         |  `-- Turnix Bonnaterre, 1791 (button quails; pyyjuoksijat)
         `--+-- Glareolidae
            `--+--+-- Alcidae
               |  `--o Stercorariidae (skuas; kihut)
               |     |--o Catharacta (great skuas; isokihut)
               |     |  |-- C. skua (Brunnich, 1764) (isokihu)
               |     |  |-- C. antarctica (Lesson, 1831 (etelänkihu)
               |     |  |-- †C. lonnbergi (Mathews, 1912)
               |     |  |-- C. chilensis Bonaparte, 1857) (chilenkihu)
               |     |  `-- C. maccormicki (H. Saunders, 1893) (etelämantereenkihu)
               |     `--o Stercorarius Brisson, 1760 (skuas; kihut)
               |        |-- †S. shufeldti
               |        |-- S. pomarinus (Temminck, 1815) (leveäpyrstökihu)
               |        |-- S. parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (merikihu)
               |        `-- S. longicaudus Vieillot, 1816 (tunturikihu)
               `--+-- Anous
                  `--+-- Gygis
                     `--+--o Rynchopidae
                        |  `-- Rynchops
                        `--+-- Laridae
                           `-- Sternidae









   |?-o Turnicidae
   |--o Lari
   |  |-- Laridae (gulls; lokit)
   |  `?- Sternidae (terns; tiirat)
   |--+-- Dromas ardeola Paykull, 1805 [Dromadidae] (rapukurmitsa)
   |--o “Charadriida”
   |  |-- Haematopus Linnaeus, 1758 [Haematopodidae] (meriharakat)
   |  `--+?-
   |     |--o Charadriidae Leach 1820 (kurmitsat)
   |     |  |?- †Viator picis Campbell, 1979
   |     |  |?- Belanopteryx Reichenbach, 1852 [Vanellus (Belanopteryx)] (amerikanhyypät)
   |     |  |-- Vanellus Brisson, 1760 [Afribyx; Tylibyx; Parra; Stephanibyx; Hemiparra?; Hoploxypterus; Xiphidiopterus] (lapwings; hyypät)
   |     |  |-- Pluvialis Brisson, 1760 (kurmitsat)
   |     |  |--o Charadrius sensu lato?
   |     |  |  |-- Thinornis novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789) G.R. Gray, 1845 [Charadrius novaeseelandiae sensu Holdaway et al., 2001] [incl. Thinornis rossii (nomen dubium)] (kolotylli)
   |     |  |  |-- Erythrogonys cinctus Gould, 1838 [Charadrius cinctus (Gould, 1838)] (australiantylli)
   |     |  |  |-- Anarhynchus frontalis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 [Charadrius frontalis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) sensu Holdaway et al., 2001] (kieronokkatylli)
   |     |  |  |-- Phegornis mitchellii (Fraser, 1845) G.R. Gray, 1846 (andienkurmitsa)
   |     |  |  |-- Peltohyas australis (Gould, 1841) Sharpe, 1896 (australiankurmitsa)
   |     |  |  |-- Elseyornis melanops (Vieillot, 1818) Mathews, 1914 [Charadrius melanops] (mustaotsatylli)
   |     |  |  `-- Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758 (plovers; tyllit) [30 Recent species]
   |     |  |-- Eudromias morinellus (Linnaeus, 1758) CL Brehm, 1830 (keräkurmitsa)
   |     |  `-- Oreopholus Jardine & Selby, 1835 (suokurmitsat)
   |     `--+--
   `--o “Scolopacida”
         `--+-- Glareolidae (Pratincoles; pääskykahlaajat)
            `--+-- Alcidae (ruokit)
               `--+--o Thinocoridae (ylänköjuoksijat)
                  |  |--o Attagis I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Lesson, 1831 (isoylänköjuoksijat)
                  |  |  |-- A. gayi I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Lesson, 1831 (lumiylänköjuoksija)
                  |  |  `-- A. malouinus (Boddaert, 1783) (etelänylänköjuoksija)
                  |  `--o Thinocorus Eschscholtz, 1829 (pikkuylänköjuoksijat)
                  |     |-- T. orbignyianus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Lesson, 1831 (pikkuylänköjuoksija)
                  |     `-- T. rumicivorus Eschscholtz, 1829 (kääpiöylänköjuoksija)
                  `--+-- Scolopacidae (kurpat)
                     `--+-- Pedionomus torquatus Gould, 1841 [Pedionomidae Bonaparte, 1852] (arojuoksijat; collared hemipodes)
                        |--o Rostratulidae
                        |  |-- Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Vieillot, 1816 (keltakurppa)
                        |  `-- Nycticryphes semicollaris (Vieillot, 1816) Wetmore & JL Peters, 1923 [Rostratula semicollaris Vieillot, 1816] (amerikankurppa)
                        `--+?- †Vanolimicola longihallucis Mayr, 2017
                           `-- Jacanidae (jassanat)

After Smith & Clarke, 2012

<==o Charadriiformes
   |-- Charadrii
   `--+-- Scolopaci
      `--o Lari
         |-- Rhinoptilus
         `--+-- Glareolidae
            `--+--+-- Stercorariidae
               |  `--o Pan-Alcidae
               |     |-- †Mancallinae
               |     `-- Alcidae
               `--+-- Anous
                  `--+-- Laridae
                     `--+-- Rynchopidae
                        `-- Sternidae

Reference(s):

  • Smith, N. A. & Clarke, J. A., 2012: Endocranial Anatomy of the Charadriiformes: Sensory System Variation and the Evolution of Wing-Propelled Diving.
    –Plos One: Vol. 7, #11, art.nr. e49584 [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049584]

After Baker, Pereira & Paton, 2007 (corrected 2008)

<==o Charadriiformes
   |--o Charadrii
   |  |--+-- Burhinidae
   |  |  `--+--o Chionididae
   |  |     |  `-- Chionis
   |  |     `--o Pluvianellidae
   |  |        `-- Pluvianellus socialis
   |  `--+--Pluvialis
   |     `--+-- Charadriidae
   |        `--+-- Recurvirostridae
   |           `--+--o Ibidorhynchidae
   |              |  `-- Ibidorhyncha struthersii
   |              `--o Haematopodidae
   |                 `-- Haematopus
   `--+--o Scolopaci
      |  |-- Scolopacidae [incl. Phalaropus]
      |  `--+--+--o Pedionomidae
      |     |  |  `-- Pedionomus torquatus
      |     |  `-- Thinocoridae
      |     `--+-- Rostratulidae
      |        `-- Jacanidae (jassanat)
      `--+-- Turnicidae
         `--o Lari
            |-- Glareolidae
            `--+--+-- Alcidae
               |  `-- Stercorariidae
               `--+-- Anous
                  `--+-- Gygis
                     `--+--o Rynchopidae
                        |  `-- Rynchops
                        `--+-- Laridae
                           `-- Sternidae

Reference(s):

  • Baker, A. J., Pereira, S. L. & Paton, T. A., 2008: Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of Charadriiformes genera: multigene evidence for the Cretaceous origin of at least 14 clades of shorebirds - Erratum.
    –Biology Letters: Vol. 4, #6, pp. 762-763 [doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0606erratum]
  • Baker, A. J., Pereira, S. L. & Paton, T. A., 2007: Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of Charadriiformes genera: multigene evidence for the Cretaceous origin of at least 14 clades of shorebirds.
    –Biology Letters: Vol. 3, #2, pp. 205-210 [doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0606]

After Van Tuinen, Waterhouse, & Dyke, 2004

Note: Consensus tree based on Ericson et al. 2003, Paton et al. 2003, Thomas et al. 2004 (Van Tuinen et al., 2004)

<==o Charadriiformes
   |?-o Phalaropodidae
   |  `-- Phalaropus
   |--o Charadrii
   |  |--+-- Burhinidae
   |  |  `--+--o Chionididae
   |  |     |  `-- Chionis
   |  |     `--o Pluvianellidae
   |  |        `-- Pluvianellus socialis
   |  `--+-- Charadriidae
   |     `--+?-o Ibidorhynchidae
   |        |  `-- Ibidorhyncha struthersii
   |        |-- Recurvirostridae
   |        `--o Haematopodidae
   |           `-- Haematopus
   `--+--+?- Turnicidae
      |  `--+--+?-o Dromadidae
      |     |  |  `-- Dromas ardeola
      |     |  `-- Glareolidae
      |     `--+--+-- Alcidae
      |        |  `-- Stercorariidae
      |        `--+--o Rynchopidae
      |           |  `-- Rynchops
      |           |-- Laridae
      |           `-- Sternidae
      `--+-- Scolopacidae
         `--+--+--o Pedionomidae
            |  |  `-- Pedionomus torquatus Gould, 1841 [ Bonaparte, 1852] (arojuoksijat; collared hemipodes)
            |  `-- Thinocoridae
            `--+-- Rostratulidae
               `-- Jacanidae (jassanat)

Reference(s):

  • Van Tuinen, M., Waterhouse, D. & J. Dyke, G., 2004: Avian molecular systematics on the rebound: a fresh look at modern shorebird phylogenetic relationships.
    –Journal of Avian Biology: Vol. 35, #3, pp. 191-194 [doi: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03362.x]

After Ericson, 1997

<==o Charadriiformes
   |?-o Phalaropodidae
   |  `-- Phalaropus
   |?- Turnicidae
   |-- Burhinidae
   `--+-- Laridae [incl.? Sternidae]
      |--+-- Stercorariidae
      |  `--o Dromadidae
      |     `-- Dromas ardeola
      |--o Charadrii
      |  |--o Haematopodidae
      |  |  `-- Haematopus
      |  `--+?-o Pluvianellidae
      |     |  `-- Pluvianellus socialis
      |     |-- Charadriidae
      |     `--+--o Ibidorhynchidae
      |        |  `-- Ibidorhyncha struthersii
      |        `-- Recurvirostridae
      `--o Scolopaci
         |--o Rynchopidae
         |  `-- Rynchops
         `--+--o Chionididae
            |  `-- Chionis
            `--+-- Glareolidae
               `--+-- Alcidae
                  `--+-- Thinocoridae
                     `--+-- Scolopacidae
                        `--+--o Pedionomidae
                           |  `-- Pedionomus torquatus
                           |-- Rostratulidae
                           `-- Jacanidae (jassanat)

Reference(s):

  • Ericson, P. G. P., 1997: Systematic relationships of the palaeogene family Presbyornithidae (Aves: Anseriformes).
    –Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 121, #4, pp. 429-483 [doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01286.x]

Reference(s):