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The long-billed plover (Charadrius placidus) belongs to the family Charadriidae under the order Charadriiformes.
Long-billed plover taxonomy
The family Charadriidae comprises 66 species under two subfamilies, Vanellinae and Charadriinae. The family Charadriidae was introduced by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1820.The subfamily Charadriinae was also described by William Elford Leach in the year 1820. This subfamily comprises eight genera, viz., Pluvialis, Thinornis, Elseyornis, Peltohyas, Anarhynchus, Phegornis, Oreopholus and Charadrius.
The genus Charadrius (type species Charadrius hiaticula) was introduced by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1758.
The genus Charadrius comprises 31 species, including species Charadrius placidus. The species Charadrius placidus was introduced by Gray & Gray in the year 1863. The species Charadrius placidus is monotypic.
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| Binomial name: | Charadrius placidus |
| Species: | C. placidus |
| Genus: | Charadrius |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Long-billed plover - Charadrius placidus 339 Image by 孫鋒 林 |
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| 2.Long-billed plover - Charadrius placidus Image by 孫鋒 林 |
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| 3.Long-billed plover - Charadrius placidus Image by 孫鋒 林 |
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| 4.Long-billed plover - Charadrius placidus Image by Alpsdake |
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| 5.Long-billed plover - Charadrius placidus Image by 孫鋒 林 |
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| 6.Long-billed plover - Charadrius placidus Image by 孫鋒 林 |
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| 7.Long-billed plover - Charadrius placidus Image by 孫鋒 林 |
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| 8.Long-billed plover - Charadrius placidus Image by M.Nishimura |
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| 9.Charadrius placidus Image by 孟宪伟 |
1.Long-billed plover image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/outdoor_birding/17682597261/(cropped)
Author: 孫鋒 林 | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 2/27/18
2.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/outdoor_birding/16179851876/ (cropped)
Author: 孫鋒 林 | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 2/27/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/outdoor_birding/16179852496/ (cropped)
Author: 孫鋒 林 | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 2/27/18
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charadrius_placidus_japonicus.JPG (cropped)
Author: Alpsdake | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 2/27/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/outdoor_birding/16203832191/(cropped)
Author: 孫鋒 林 | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 2/27/18
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/outdoor_birding/15585872613/(cropped)
Author: 孫鋒 林 | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 2/27/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/outdoor_birding/17682417115/(cropped)
Author:: 孫鋒 林 | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 2/27/18
8.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charadrius_placidus.jpg (cropped)
Author: M.Nishimura | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 2/27/18
9.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20090904%E5%B4%87%E6%AD%A6-%E7%8E%AF%E9%A2%88%E9%B8%BB.jpg (cropped)
Author: 孟宪伟 | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 2/27/18
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