Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes

Charadriidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758
Chettusia Bonaparte, 1841
Haematopus Linnaeus, 1758
Hoplopterus Bonaparte, 1831
Lobivanellus G. R. Gray, 1841
Pluvialis Brisson, 1760
Vanellus Brisson, 1760

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): lofamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: plevieren

English: plovers & lapwings sources: MASDEA (1997).

Norwegian: lofamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: lofamilien

Norwegian Nynorsk: lofamilien

Nynorsk (Norwegian): lofamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: pipare

Literature

basis of record	Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Charadriidae. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147434

Drs Cees Roselaar. Charadriidae. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=10775