Family Thinocoridae Gray 1845 (shorebird)
Aves - Charadriiformes - Thinocoridae
Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Livezey and Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: Alcae, Burhinidae, Charadrii, Charadriidae, Chionidae, Cimolopterygidae, Dakotornithidae, Glareolidae, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Haematopodidae, Hydrophasianus, Jacanidae, Lari, Laridae, Laromorphae, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Rynchops, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopaci, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Thinocorus
Type: Thinocorus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
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