Charadriiformes
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous- Present, 75–0 Ma
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Several members o the order
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Scientific classification
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Kinrick:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Cless:
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Aves
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Clade:
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Neognathae
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Clade:
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Neoaves
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Clade:
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Terrestrornithes
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Order:
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Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
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Faimilies
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See text.
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Charadriiformes is a diverse order o smaa tae middlin birds. It includes aboot 350 species an haes members in aw pairts o the warld.
Faimilies
This is a leet o the charadriiform faimilies, presentit in taxonomic order.
- Suborder Scolopaci: snipe-like waders
- Faimily Scolopacidae: snipe, sandpipers, phalaropes, an allies
- Suborder Thinocori: aberrant charadriforms
- Faimily Rostratulidae: paintit snipe
- Faimily Jacanidae: jacanas
- Faimily Thinocoridae: seedsnipe
- Faimily Pedionomidae: Plains Wanderer
- Suborder Lari: gulls an allies
- Faimily Laridae: gulls
- Faimily Rhynchopidae: skimmers
- Faimily Sternidae: terns
- Faimily Alcidae: puffins, guillemots, murres, an allies
- Faimily Stercorariidae: skuas
- Faimily Glareolidae: pratincoles an coursers
- Faimily Pluvianidae: Egyptian Plover
- Faimily Dromadidae: Crab Plover
- Suborder Turnici: buttonquails
- Faimily Turnicidae: buttonquails
- Suborder Chionidi: thick-knees an allies
- Faimily Burhinidae: thick-knees
- Faimily Chionididae: sheathbills
- Faimily Pluvianellidae: Magellanic Plover
- Suborder Charadrii: plover-like waders
- Faimily Ibidorhynchidae: Ibisbill
- Faimily Recurvirostridae: avocets an stilts
- Faimily Haematopodidae: oystercatchers
- Faimily Charadriidae: plovers an lapwings