WoRMS taxon details
Pluvialis Brisson, 1760
AphiaID: 159134
AphiaID: 159134
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Charadriidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Charadriidae | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Pluvialis dominica (Müller, 1776) Species Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, 1789) Species Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: medium, chunky plovers. Plumage: extensive spotting on upperparts; wings long and pointed; tail short, square and barred. Other characters: bill slender, of medium length; tarsus with hexagonal scales all around; feet with toes webbed at base; hind toe small or absent. <389> [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159134 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Pluvialis Brisson, 1760. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159134 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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