Charadriidae

Charadrius hiaticula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Charadrii
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Classis: Aves Informal group: Saurornithes Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithurae Subclassis: Carinatae Infraclassis: Neornithes Parvclassis: Neognathae Ordo: Charadriiformes Subordo: Charadrii

Familia: Charadriidae
Genera: Anarhynchus – Charadrius – Elseyornis – Erythrogonys – Hoploxypterus – Oreopholus – Peltohyas – Phegornis – Pluvialis – Thinornis – Vanellus

Name

Charadriidae Leach, 1820

Typus

• Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758.

Synonyms

• Charadriadae (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1820. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum: Eleventh Room. British Museum. London. 17th edition: 65–70. (Although the name of the author is not specified in the document, Leach was the Keeper of Zoology at the time). BHL doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.144385Reference page  First citation p.69: Charadriadae BHL

Selected references

• Baker, A. J., Yatsenko, Y., & Tavares, E. K. 2012. Eight independent nuclear genes support monophyly of the plovers: The role of mutational variance in gene trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65 (2): 631–641.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Сяўцовыя
Deutsch: Regenpfeifer
Frysk: Wilsterfûgels
한국어: 물떼새과
hrvatski: Kulici
македонски: Блатарки
日本語: チドリ科
Nordfriisk: Tüütern
Türkçe: Yağmurcungiller
中文: 鸻科

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