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All Wader Genera

Wader genera are the genera of the shorebird families of the order Charadriiformes. In the Scolopacidae, which Animal Diversity Web labels sandpipers, snipes and relatives, GBIF lists its genera led by Calidris with about 75 descendant taxa, Tringa with about 51, Gallinago with about 42, Numenius with about 34 and Limosa with about 21. In the Charadriidae it keeps 15, led by Charadrius with about 106, Vanellus with about 63 and Pluvialis with about 11.

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Calidris

Bird Genera

Tringa

Bird Genera
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Animal Diversity Web: Scolopacidae
Animal Diversity WebClassification
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Family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, snipes, and relatives)
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Scolopacidae
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  • Children of Scolopacidae
    "canonicalName":"Calidris","authorship":"Anonymous","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"DOUBTFUL","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Allg. Lit. Zeitung, 1804, 2, col","numDescendants":0
  • Children of Scolopacidae: Tringa
    "canonicalName":"Tringa","vernacularName":"Redshanks","authorship":"Linnaeus, 1758","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ","numDescendants":51
  • Children of Scolopacidae: Gallinago
    "canonicalName":"Gallinago","vernacularName":"snipe","authorship":"Brisson, 1760","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Ornithologie 5 p. 298, 304","numDescendants":42
  • Children of Scolopacidae: Numenius
    "canonicalName":"Numenius","vernacularName":"curlews","authorship":"Brisson, 1760","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Brisson, M.-J.; Dwight, J.; Laetvaerennydt; Martinet, F. N.; Tucker, M. B.; Vaernewyck. (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés : a laquelle on a joint une description exacte de chaque espece, avec les citations des auteurs qui en ont traité, les noms quils leur ont donnés, ceux que leur ont donnés les différentes nations, & les noms vulgaires. 6: 1-543, pls: I-VI.","numDescendants":34
  • Children of Scolopacidae: Limosa
    "canonicalName":"Limosa","vernacularName":"godwit","authorship":"Brisson, 1760","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Brisson, M.-J.; Dwight, J.; Laetvaerennydt; Martinet, F. N.; Tucker, M. B.; Vaernewyck. (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés : a laquelle on a joint une description exacte de chaque espece, avec les citations des auteurs qui en ont traité, les noms quils leur ont donnés, ceux que leur ont donnés les différentes nations, & les noms vulgaires. 5: 1-544.","numDescendants":21
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Charadriidae
GBIF Secretariat
  • Children of Charadriidae
    "canonicalName":"Charadrius","vernacularName":"Ringed Plovers","authorship":"Linnaeus, 1758","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ","numDescendants":106
  • Children of Charadriidae: Vanellus
    "canonicalName":"Vanellus","vernacularName":"lapwings","authorship":"Brisson, 1760","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"\"Ornithologie 1 p. 48","numDescendants":63
  • Children of Charadriidae: Pluvialis
    "canonicalName":"Pluvialis","vernacularName":"Golden-Plovers","authorship":"Brisson, 1760","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"\"Ornithologie 1 p. 46","numDescendants":11
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Calidris (Wikipedia)
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Calidris is a genus of Arctic-breeding, strongly migratory wading birds in the family Scolopacidae.
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Tringa (Wikipedia)
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Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers.
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