Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order o smaa tae middlin birds. It includes aboot 350 species an haes members in aw pairts o the warld.

Charadriiformes
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Present, 75–0 Ma
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Several members o the order
Scientific classification e
Kinrick:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Cless:Aves
Clade:Neognathae
Clade:Neoaves
Clade:Terrestrornithes
Order:Charadriiformes
Huxley, 1867
Faimilies

See text.

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