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

Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758
Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773
Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786
Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758
Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, 1826
Charadrius mongolus Pallas, 1776
Charadrius morinellus Linnaeus, 1758
Charadrius pecuarius Temminck, 1823
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758. 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:159124

Drs Cees Roselaar. Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96869