Aves - Charadriiformes - Burhinidae
Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Bickart 1981, Brodkorb 1959, Carroll 1988, Cracraft 1972, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Harrison and Walker 1976, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007 and Mayr 2022
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcoidae, Charadrii, Charadriisimilis, Chionidae, Cimolopterygidae, Dakotornithidae, Elseyornis, Erythrogonys, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Haematopodidae, Hydrophasianus, Jacanidae, Lari, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Peltohyas, Phegornis, Pluvianellus, Pluvianidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopaci, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Thinornis, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), the Bahamas (3), Cuba (1), Ecuador (1), India (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (1: New Mexico), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Kenya (2), United States (1: Nebraska)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence