Subfamily Pluvialinae MacGillivray 1852 (lapwing)
Aves - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Parent taxon: Charadriidae according to J. del Hoyo et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Anarhynchus, Charadriinae, Charadrius, Dorypaltus, Jiliniornis, Oreopholus, Pluvialis, Pseudosterna, Vanellinae, Vanellus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pluvialinae in the database