Scolopacidae

Translingual

Scolopax rusticola (Scolopacidae) dining

Etymology

Scolopax +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Scolopacidae

A taxonomic family within the order Charadriiformes – sandpipers and snipes.

Hypernyms

(family): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clade; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Charadriiformes - order; Charadrii - suborder

Hyponyms

(family): Numeninae, Limosinae, Arenariinae, Tringinae, Scolopacinae - subfamilies
- Bartramia, Numenius; Limosa; Arenaria, Prosobonia, Calidris; Xenus, Phalaropus, Actitis, Tringa; Limnodromus, Lymnocryptes, Scolopax, Chubbia, Coenocorypha, Gallinago - genera currently assigned to subfamilies of Scolopacidae
- Aphriza, Eurynorhynchus, Tryngites, Limicola, Micropalama, Philomachus (now in Calidris), Catoptrophorus, Heteroscelus (now in Tringa), Steganopus (now in Phalaropus) - reassigned genera

Translations

taxonomic family within suborder Charadrii

Catalan: escolopàcids m pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鷸科, 鹬科 (yùkē)

English: scolopacids pl
Faroese: snípur f pl
Finnish: kurpat (fi) pl

References

Scolopacidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scolopacidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Scolopacidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Scolopacidae on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Scolopacidae at Fossilworks

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