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Monotypic taxon: Family Rynchopidae Bonaparte, 1838 - skimmers (bird)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Charadriiformes

Current position

Rynchopoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 93.

Alternative positions

*Charadriiformes* (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 986.
*Lari* (Suborder) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 566.

Historical positions

*Rynchopoidea* (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 93.
*Charadriiformes* (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: 1995
*Charadriiformes* (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 986.
*Lari* (Suborder) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 566.
*Lari* (Suborder) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 212.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;3s;3ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 25 May 2015	[1g;3s;3ss]
1982	W.J. Bock: 986	1g;3s

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