Charadriidae

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: Charadriidae
Genera: Anarhynchus – Charadrius – Erythrogonys – Eudromias – Hoploxypterus – Oreopholus – Peltohyas – Phegornis – Pluvialis – Vanellus – Zonibyx

Genera synonymized: Elseyornis – Thinornis – into Charadrius.

Name

Charadriidae Leach, 1820

Typus: Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

Charadriadæ (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. 69 'Charadriadæ'

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.
dos Remedios, N., Lee, P.L.M., Burke, T., Székely, T. & Küpper, C. 2015. North or South? Phylogenetic and biogeographic origins of a globally distributed avian clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 89: 151-159. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.010 Reference page.
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.

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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