Biology:Anarhynchus

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Anarhynchus
Anarhynchus frontalis 183858380.jpg
wrybill, photographed in New Zealand
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Subfamily: Charadriinae
Genus: Anarhynchus
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Type species
Anarhynchus frontalis[1]
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

Anarhynchus is a genus of plovers consisting of 24 species.[2]

Taxonomy

French naturalists Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard described this genus to accommodate the wrybill.[3][4] The name is from Ancient Greek ana- (ἀνα-, means "backward") and rhunkhos (ῥυγχος, means "bill").[5]:46

Anarhynchus was previously considered monotypic, consisting only of the wrybill. Studies in 2015 and 2022 confirmed that Charadrius is polyphyletic, with some species more closely related to the wrybill rather than the common ringed plover. In IOC 14.1, 23 species were transferred to this genus.[2] Anarhynchus now contains the following species:[2]

References

  1. "H&M4 Checklist family by family" (in en). https://www.aviansystematics.org/checklist?viewfamilies=54. Retrieved 2023-12-20. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Template:IOC birdlist
  3. Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César; Quoy, Jean René Constant; Gaimard, Joseph Paul (1830) (in fr). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris: J. Tastu. p. 252. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064262#page/310/mode/1up. Retrieved 2023-12-21. 
  4. Quoy, Jean René; Gaimard, Joseph Paul (1824) (in fr). Voyage autour du Monde: Zoologie. Paris: Pillet Ainé. pp. 658–671. https://archive.org/details/zoologie00quoy/page/658/mode/2up. Retrieved 2020-02-05. 
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010) (in en). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10733493 entry

category:bird genera