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Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)
Taxonomy
Haematopodidae was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant.
It was assigned to Charadrioidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Haematopoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Brodkorb (1955), Carroll (1988), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Warheit (2002) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Charadrii by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Charadrioidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Haematopoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Brodkorb (1955), Carroll (1988), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Warheit (2002) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Charadrii by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Haematopodidae Bonaparte |
| 1940 | Haematopodidae Wetmore p. 56 |
| 1955 | Haematopodidae Brodkorb p. 19 |
| 1956 | Haematopodidae Wetmore p. 69 |
| 1988 | Haematopodidae Carroll |
| 2001 | Haematopodidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 292 |
| 2002 | Haematopododae Warheit p. 369 figs. Appendix 2.1 |
| 2007 | Haematopidae Livezey and Zusi p. 92 |
| 2014 | Haematopodidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Haematopodidae Clements et al. |
| 2022 | Haematopodidae Mayr p. 77 figs. Fig. 5.2 |
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Fm. Haematopodidae Bonaparte 1838 [oystercatchers]
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G. Haematopus Linnaeus 1758
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Haematopus finschi Martens 1897 [South Island oystercatcher]
Haematopus moquini Bonaparte 1856 [African oystercatcher]
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian oystercatcher]
Haematopus palliatus Temminick 1820 [American oystercatcher]
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Invalid names: Palostralegus sulcatus Brodkorb 1955 [synonym]
Haematopus unicolor Forster 1841 [variable oystercatcher]
Invalid names: Palostralegus Brodkorb 1955 [synonym]
Invalid names: Haematopodinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available