Charadriiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Charadrius +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Charadriiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – waders, etc.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Charadrii, Lari, Scolopaci – suborders
  • Alcidae (auks), Burhinidae (stone curlews), Charadriidae (plovers, lapwings, and Eurasian dotterels), Chionidae (sheathbills), Dromadidae (crab plovers), Glareolidae (pratincoles and coursers), Haematopodidae (oystercatchers), Ibidorhynchidae (ibisbills), Jacanidae (jacanas), Laridae (gulls, skimmers, noddies, and terns), Pedionomidae (plains-wanderers), Pluvianellidae (Magellanic plovers), Pluvianidae (Egyptian plovers), Recurvirostridae (stilts and avocets), Rostratulidae (painted snipes), Scolopacidae (sandpipers), Stercorariidae (skuas), Thinocoridae (seedsnipes), Turnicidae (buttonquails and quail-plovers) – families

References

• Charadriiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Charadriiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Charadriiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Charadriiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI