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Order CharadriiformesDomain Eukarya Kingdom Animalia Sub-kingdom Eumetazoa Sub-sub-kingdom Bilateria Metaphylum Enterocoelous Coelomates Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Aves Subclass Neornithes Superorder Neognathae Order Charadriiformes This worldwide group contains the plovers, woodcock, snipe, sandpipers, stilts, ibises, phalaropes, gulls, terns, skimmers, auks, and puffins. They are a diverse group of shorebirds. Greek: charadrios, a cleft-living bird + Latin: forma, shape. (Dorit et al, 1991) |