Charadriidae

Charadrius hiaticula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Charadrii

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dracohors Superordo: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Classis: Aves Cladus: Euavialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Euornithes Cladus: Ornithuromorpha 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

• Type species; 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

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

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