Overview
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A Super-family in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Superfamily Charadrioidea is a member of the Series Amniota. Here is the complete "parentage" of Charadrioidea:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Sauropsida
Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder: Charadriimorphae
Huxley, 1867
- Order: Charadriiformes
Huxley, 1867 - Shorebirds and allies
- Suborder: Limicolae
Beddard, 1898
- Infraorder: Charadriides
Huxley, 1867
- Parvorder: Charadriida
- Superfamily: Charadrioidea Vigors, 1825
- Parvorder: Charadriida
- Infraorder: Charadriides
Huxley, 1867
- Suborder: Limicolae
Beddard, 1898
- Order: Charadriiformes
Huxley, 1867 - Shorebirds and allies
- Superorder: Charadriimorphae
Huxley, 1867
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Class: Sauropsida
Linnaeus, 1758
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Superfamily Charadrioidea is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (1): Charadriidae
Families
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Charadriidae
The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all. [more]
At least 292 species and subspecies belong to the Family Charadriidae.
More info about the Family Charadriidae may be found here.
Sources
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