Scolopaci
Appearance
Scolopaci | |
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Gallinago gallinago | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Suborder: | Scolopaci |
Scolopaci is a suborder of wading birds within the order Charadriiformes containing the following families:[1]
- Family Rostratulidae – painted-snipes (3 species)
- Family Jacanidae – jacanas (8 species)
- Family Pedionomidae – plains-wanderer
- Family Thinocoridae – seedsnipes (4 species)
- Family Scolopacidae – sandpipers, snipes (98 species)
References
[edit]- ^ Černý, David; Natale, Rossy (2022). "Comprehensive taxon sampling and vetted fossils help clarify the time tree of shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiformes)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 177: 107620. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107620. Retrieved 2025-01-29.