Charadriidae


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Noun1.Charadriidae - plover family
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Charadrii, suborder Charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews
plover - any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
Charadrius, genus Charadrius - type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers
genus Pluvialis, Pluvialis - golden plovers
genus Vanellus, Vanellus - Eurasian lapwings
Arenaria, genus Arenaria - turnstones
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First, some species of the Charadriidae family, such as the oystercatcher, began to appear in July," the ecologist said.
Charadriiformes included Burhinidae (1 sp.), Recurvirostridae (1 sp.) and Charadriidae (2 spp.).
Anatidae, Podicipedidae, Charadriidae; Kreisinger & Albrecht 2008, Prokop & Trnka 2011, Amat et al.
El orden con mayor numero de especies de aves es Charadriiformes con 62 especies; el cual esta representado por nueve familias Charadriidae, Haematopodidae, Recurvirostridae, Burhinidae, Scolopacidae, Thinocoridae, Stercorariidae, Laridae y Rhynchopidae.
Censo de aves migratorias (Charadriidae, Scolopacidae e Laridae) na Coroa do Aviao, Igarassu, Pernambuco, Brasil.
En la mayoria de taxones existen especies que presentan movimientos migratorios, sin embargo dentro del conjunto mas diverso de aves migratorias boreales que llegan a Colombia estan las familias Charadriidae, Parulidae, Tyrannidae, Hirundinidae, Thraupidae, Turdidae y Vireonidae (FIERRO, 2009).
Peces, crustaceos, Arboles y arbustos rufescens, Ardea pequenos anfibios, alba, Ixobrychus insectos exilis, Tigrisoma mexicanum, Cochlearius cochlearius, Threskiornithidae: Peces, crustaceos, Arboles y arbustos Eudocimus albus, anfibios, insectos Platalea ajaja * Pandionidae: Peces Copas de arboles Pandion haliaetus Charadriidae: Crustaceos, insectos, Playa arenosa Charadrius lapas, almejas, con guijarros alexandrinus, C.
Nome popular Nome cientifico Familia Aves Canario-da-terra Sicalisflaveola Fringillidae Joao de barro Furnariusrufus Furnariidae Bem-te-vi Pitangussulfuratus Tyrannidae Rolinha roxa Columbina talpacoti Columbidae Quero-quero Vanelluschilensis Charadriidae Tico-tico Zonotrichia capensis Emberizidae Sabia roxo Turdusrufiventris Turdidae Mamiferos Ratazana Rattusrattus Muridae Gamba-de- Didelphisalbiventris Didelphidae orelha-branca Repteis Lagarto Tupinambismerianae Teiidae Fonte: Juglans Engenharia e Consultoria Ltda.
It is represented essentially by the Anatidae, the Rallidae, the Podicipedidae, the Phalacrocoracidae, the Ardeidae, the Threskiornithidae, the Coconiidae, the Accipteridae, the Pandionidae, the Recurvirostridae, the Charadriidae, the Alcedinidae, the Laridae, the Sterninae and the Scolopacidae [41, 44].
Charadriidae Charadrius marginatus White-fronted plover Vanellus spinosus Spur-winged lapwing 14.