Aves - Charadriiformes - Haematopodidae
Alternative spellings: Haematopidae, Haematopododae
Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1955, Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2022, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Warheit 2002, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcoidae, Burhinidae, Charadrii, Chionidae, Cimolopterygidae, Dakotornithidae, Elseyornis, Erythrogonys, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Hydrophasianus, Jacanidae, Lari, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Peltohyas, Phegornis, Pluvianellus, Pluvianidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopaci, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Thinornis, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Haematopodinae Haematopus Ibidorhynchinae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), New Zealand (6), South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Ukraine (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of France (1), United States (1: Florida)
Total: 12 collections including 17 occurrences