Charadriidae

Charadrius hiaticula

Charadriidae - distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Charadrii

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Euavialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Parvclassis: Neornithes Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Ordo: Charadriiformes Subordo: Charadrii

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

Name

Charadriidae Leach, 1820

Type genus; 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.144385 Reference page.  First citation: p.69: Charadriadae

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
polski: Sieweczkowate
Türkçe: Yağmurcungiller
中文: 鸻科

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