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BeRMS taxon details

Charadriiformes

AphiaID

2682 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2682)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Aves

Direct children (9)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Family Alcidae Leach, 1820
Family Charadriidae Vigors, 1825
Family Laridae Vigors, 1825
Family Phalaropodidae Bonaparte, 1831
Family Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1854
Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825
Family Stercorariidae Brisson, 1760
Family Sternidae accepted as Laridae Vigors, 1825
Family Stercorariidae incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

BeRMS (2025). Charadriiformes. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2682 on 2025-05-01

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Charadriiformes. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2682 on 2025-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]