NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Charadriidae
  Order - Charadriiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Vanellus vanellus
      Species - Vanellus albiceps
      Species - Vanellus armatus
      Species - Vanellus chilensis
      Species - Vanellus cinereus
      Species - Vanellus coronatus
      Species - Vanellus crassirostris
      Species - Vanellus gregarius
      Species - Vanellus indicus
      Species - Vanellus leucurus
      Species - Vanellus lugubris
      Species - Vanellus malabaricus
      Species - Vanellus melanocephalus
      Species - Vanellus melanopterus
      Species - Vanellus miles
      Species - Vanellus resplendens
      Species - Vanellus senegallus
      Species - Vanellus spinosus
      Species - Vanellus superciliosus
      Species - Vanellus tectus
      Species - Vanellus tricolor
      Species - Vanellus duvaucelii
      Species - Vanellus macropterus