1. Family Alcidae Leach, 1820
2. Family Burhinidae Mathews, 1912
3. Family Charadriidae Vigors, 1825
4. Family Glareolidae Brehm, 1831
5. Family Laridae Vigors, 1825
6. Family Phalaropodidae Bonaparte, 1831
7. Family Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1854
8. Family Rynchopidae Bonaparte, 1838
9. Family Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825
10. Family Stercorariidae Brisson, 1760
11. Family Sternidae accepted as Laridae Vigors, 1825

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

ChaRMS (2025). Charadriiformes. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2682 on 2025-05-04

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Charadriiformes. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2682 on 2025-05-04

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