Overview
A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.
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Taxonomy
The Family Charadriidae is a member of the Superfamily Charadrioidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Charadriidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Sauropsida
Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder: Charadriimorphae
Huxley, 1867
- Order: Charadriiformes
Huxley, 1867 - Shorebirds and allies
- Suborder: Limicolae
Beddard, 1898
- Infraorder: Charadriides
Huxley, 1867
- Parvorder: Charadriida
- Superfamily: Charadrioidea
Vigors, 1825
- Family: Charadriidae Vigors, 1825 - Avocets, Oystercatchers, Plovers, Stilts
- Superfamily: Charadrioidea
Vigors, 1825
- Parvorder: Charadriida
- Infraorder: Charadriides
Huxley, 1867
- Suborder: Limicolae
Beddard, 1898
- Order: Charadriiformes
Huxley, 1867 - Shorebirds and allies
- Superorder: Charadriimorphae
Huxley, 1867
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Class: Sauropsida
Linnaeus, 1758
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Charadriidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (3): Charadriinae · Pluvialinae · Vanellinae
- Genus (31): Afroxyechus · Anarhynchus · Anitibyx · Belonopterus · Charadrius · Chettusia · Elseyornis · Erythrogonys · Eudromias · Eupoda · Fulva · Hoplopterus · Hoploxypterus · Jiliniornis · Lobibyx · Lobipluvia · Lobivanellus · Oreopholus · Peltohyas · Phegornis · Pluvialis · Pluviorhynchus · Podasocys · Sarciophorus · Sarcogrammus · Squatarola · Stephanibyx · Thinornis · Vanellus · Venellus · Zonibyx
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 296 species and subspecies in the Family Charadriidae.
Genera
Afroxyechus
Anarhynchus
The Wrybill or Ngutuparore (Maori) Anarhynchus frontalis is a species of plover endemic to New Zealand. It is unique in that it is the only species of bird in the world with a beak that is bent sideways (always to the right). [more]
Anitibyx
Belonopterus
Charadrius
Charadrius is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds. They are found throughout the world. [more]
Chettusia
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]
Elseyornis
The Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops) is a small, slender plover, widespread throughout most of Australia, to which it is native and New Zealand, where it self-introduced in the 1950s. It is common in freshwater wetlands, around the edges of lakes and billabongs, and in shallow, temporary claypan pools. It is also found occupying saline mudflats and estuaries, but rarely. [more]
Erythrogonys
The Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) is a long-legged, medium-sized (length 17?20 cm, wingspan 33?38 cm, weight 40-55 g) plover in a monotypic genus in the subfamily Vanellinae. It is often gregarious and will associate with other waders of its own and different species, even when nesting. It is nomadic and sometimes irruptive. [more]
Eudromias
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[2] [more]
Eupoda
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[3] [more]
Fulva
Hoplopterus
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[4] [more]
Hoploxypterus
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[5] [more]
Jiliniornis
Lobibyx
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[6] [more]
Lobipluvia
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[7] [more]
Lobivanellus
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[8] [more]
Oreopholus
The Tawny-throated Dotterel (Oreopholus ruficollis) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It is placed in the genus Oreopholus, which is monotypic as regards living species.[][clarification needed] A prehistoric relative, Oreopholus orcesi, has been described from fossil remains. [more]
Peltohyas
The Inland Dotterel (Charadrius australis) also known as the Australian Dotterel and sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Peltohyas, is a medium-sized Charadriine plover. [more]
Phegornis
The Diademed Sandpiper-plover (Phegornis mitchellii) is a species of in the Charadriidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Phegornis. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and swamps. [more]
Pluvialis
Pluvialis is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds. There are four species which breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere. [more]
Pluviorhynchus
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[9] [more]
Podasocys
Sarciophorus
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[10] [more]
Sarcogrammus
Squatarola
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[11] [more]
Stephanibyx
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[12] [more]
Thinornis
Thinornis is a genus of plovers which consists of two extant species, both of which are threatened. They are variously placed in the genus Charadrius. [more]
Vanellus
Vanellus is the genus of waders which provisionally contains all lapwings except Red-kneed Dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus. The name "vanellus" is Latin for "little fan", vanellus being the diminutive of vannus ("fan"). The name is in reference to the sound lapwings' wings make in flight. [more]
Venellus
Zonibyx
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[13] [more]
More info about the Genus Zonibyx may be found here.
Bibliography
- Georgiev BB, Murai E, Rausch RL, The Journal of parasitology. 1996 Feb;82(1):140-5.
- Gould, Syn. Birds Austral., (4) (as Erythrogonus tab. 73); 1838, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 5, 155.
Footnotes
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