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Charadrius vociferus (killdeer)

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae

Taxonomy
Charadrius vociferus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Oxyechus.

It was recombined as Oxyechus vociferus by Miller (1929), Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus p. 150
1929Oxyechus vociferus Miller
1930Oxyechus vociferus Hay p. 336
1940Oxyechus vociferus Wetmore p. 57
1942Oxyechus vociferus Miller and DeMay p. 111
1962Charadrius vociferus Wetmore p. 9
1963Charadrius vociferus Howard p. 24
1976Charadrius vociferus Campbell p. 160
1994Charadrius vociferus Morgan p. 480
2004Charadrius vociferus Broughton p. 26
2010Charadrius vociferus Steadman and Mead p. 429
2015Charadrius vociferus Steadman et al. p. 557
2017Charadrius vociferus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLimicolae
infraorderCharadriides
superfamilyCharadrioidea
familyCharadriidaeVigors 1825
genusCharadrius
speciesvociferus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus 1758 [killdeer]
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Diagnosis
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