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Taxon: Subfamily Charadriinae Vigors, 1825 - plovers, lapwings (bird)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Charadriiformes - (Family) Charadriidae

Current position

Charadriidae (Family) Vigors, 1825

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 135.

Alternative positions

Scolopacidae (Family) Vigors, 1825

Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 191.

Historical positions

*Charadriidae* (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 135.
*Charadriidae* (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 108.
*Charadriidae* (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 563.
*Scolopacidae* (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 191.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7g;37s;38ss; †3g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 24 May 2015	[7g;37s;38ss; †3g]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 137	[7g;37s;38ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	11g;66s
1967	P. Brodkorb	[; †3g]

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