ADW: Charadrius: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
        
        Family Charadriidae (lapwings and plovers)
        
        Genus Charadrius (ringed plovers)
        
        Species Charadrius alexandrinus (Kentish plover)
        
        Species Charadrius alticola (puna plover)
        
        Species Charadrius asiaticus (Caspian plover)
        
        Species Charadrius bicinctus (double-banded plover)
        
        Species Charadrius collaris (collared plover)
        
        Species Charadrius dubius (little ringed plover)
        
        Species Charadrius falklandicus (two-banded plover)
        
        Species Charadrius forbesi (Forbes's plover)
        
        Species Charadrius hiaticula (common ringed plover)
        
        Species Charadrius javanicus (Javan plover)
        
        Species Charadrius leschenaultii (greater sand plover)
        
        Species Charadrius marginatus (white-fronted plover)
        
        Species Charadrius melodus (piping plover)
        
        Species Charadrius modestus (rufous-chested dotterel)
        
        Species Charadrius mongolus (lesser sand plover)
        
        Species Charadrius montanus (mountain plover)
        
        Species Charadrius morinellus (Eurasian dotterel)
        
        Species Charadrius obscurus (red-breasted plover)
        
        Species Charadrius pallidus (chestnut-banded plover)
        
        Species Charadrius pecuarius (Kittlitz's plover)
        
        Species Charadrius peronii (Malaysian plover)
        
        Species Charadrius placidus (long-billed plover)
        
        Species Charadrius ruficapillus (red-capped plover)
        
        Species Charadrius sanctaehelenae (St. Helena plover)
        
        Species Charadrius semipalmatus (semipalmated plover)
        
        Species Charadrius thoracicus (black-banded plover;Madagascan plover)
        
        Species Charadrius tricollaris (three-banded plover)
        
        Species Charadrius veredus (Oriental plover)
        
        Species Charadrius vociferus (killdeer)
        
        Species Charadrius wilsonia (Wilson's plover)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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