Burhinus

Burhinus grallarius, South Molle Island, Queensland, Australia

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 Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: 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 Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Ordo: Charadriiformes Subordo: Charadrii

Familia: Burhinidae
Genus: Burhinus
Species: B. capensis – B. grallarius – B. indicus – B. oedicnemus – B. senegalensis – B. vermiculatus

Species transferred to other genus:

• Hesperoburhinus: B. bistriatus – B. superciliaris
  

Name

Burhinus Illiger, 1811

• Typus: Charadrius magnirostris Latham, 1802 = Charadrius grallarius Latham, 1802 = Burhinus grallarius

References

Primary references

• Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page.  p. 250

Additional references

• Černý, D. & Natale, R. 2022. Comprehensive taxon sampling and vetted fossils help clarify the time tree of shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 177: 107620 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107620 PDF Reference page. 
• Černý, D., van Els, P., Natale, R. & Gregory, S.M.S. 2023. A new genus-group name for Burhinus bistriatus (Wagler, 1829) and Burhinus superciliaris (Tschudi, 1843). Avian Systematics 1(3): 31–43. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Paksujalat
עברית: כרוון
latviešu: Akmeņkuitalas
русский: Авдотки
粵語: 石鴴屬

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