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Scolopacidae  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 176568

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Phalaropodidae
 
  Common Name(s): bécasseaux [French]
  
    Sandpipers
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 1998    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassAves  -- Birds, oiseaux  
             OrderCiconiiformes  -- aigles, aigles pêcheurs, albatros, alcidés, Auks, cigognes, cormorans, éperviers, faucons, flamants, goélands, grèbes, Herons, hérons, huarts, huîtriers, ibis, Ibises, pélicans, Penguins, pétrels, pingouins, pluviers, Storks, totipalmés, tubinares  
                FamilyScolopacidae  -- bécasseaux, Sandpipers  
    Direct Children:  
                   Genus Actitis Illiger, 1811 -- Spotted Sandpipers 
                   Genus Aphriza Audubon, 1839 -- Surfbirds 
                   Genus Arenaria Brisson, 1760 -- Turnstones 
                   Genus Bartramia Lesson, 1831 -- Upland Sandpipers 
                   Genus Calidris Merrem, 1804 -- Stints 
                   Genus Catoptrophorus Bonaparte, 1827 -- Willets 
                   Genus Coenocorypha Gray, 1855  
                   Genus Eurynorhynchus Nilsson, 1821 -- Spoonbill Sandpipers 
                   Genus Gallinago Brisson, 1760 -- Snipes 
                   Genus Heteroscelus Baird, 1858 -- Tattlers 
                   Genus Limicola Koch, 1816 -- Broad-billed Sandpipers 
                   Genus Limnodromus Wied-Neuwied, 1833 -- Dowitchers 
                   Genus Limosa Brisson, 1760 -- Godwits 
                   Genus Lymnocryptes Kaup, 1829 -- Jack Snipes 
                   Genus Numenius Brisson, 1760 -- Curlews 
                   Genus Phalaropus Brisson, 1760 -- Phalaropes 
                   Genus Philomachus Merrem, 1804 -- Ruffs 
                   Genus Prosobonia Bonaparte, 1850  
                   Genus Scolopax Linnaeus, 1758 -- Woodcocks 
                   Genus Tringa Linnaeus, 1758 -- Redshanks 
                   Genus Tryngites Cabanis, 1857 -- Buff-breasted Sandpipers 
                   Genus Xenus Kaup, 1829 -- Terek Sandpipers 
                   Subfamily Phalaropodinae   
                   Subfamily Scolopacinae   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Scolopacidae   
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Scolopacidae   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: bécasseaux [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scolopacidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, website (version 1998)  
  Acquired: 1998   
  Notes: Alan P. Peterson; http://www.zoonomen.net/   
  Reference for: Scolopacidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Scolopacidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scolopacidae   
       

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