What is Charadriiformes?
{{taxobox |name = Charadriiformes |fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]]-Recent, {{fossilrange|75|0}} |image = Vanellus miles novaehollandiae.jpg |image_width = 250px |image_caption = [[Masked Lapwing]] (''Vanellus miles'') |regnum = [[Animal]]ia |phylum = [[Chordata]] |classis = [[bird|Aves]] |subclassis = [[Neornithes]] |superordo = [[Neognathae]] |ordo = '''Charadriiformes''' |ordo_authority = [[Thomas Henry Huxley|Huxley]], 1867 |subdivision_ranks = Families |subdivision = see text. }} '''Charadriiformes''' is a diverse order of small to medium-large [[bird]]s. It includes about 350 [[species]]. It has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiformes live near [[water]] and eat [[invertebrate]]s or other small animals. However, some are pelagic ([[sea bird]]s), some occupy deserts, and a few are found in thick forest. ==Families in taxonomic order== This is a list of the charadriiform [[family (biology)|families]], presented in [[Taxonomy|taxonomic order]]. * '''Suborder Scolopaci''': snipe-like waders ** Family [[Scolopacidae]]: snipe, sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies * '''Suborder [[Thinocori]]''': aberrant charadriforms ** Family [[painted snipe|Rostratulidae]]: painted snipe ** Family [[jacana|Jacanidae]]: jacanas ** Family [[seedsnipe|Thinocoridae]]: seedsnipe ** Family [[Plains Wanderer|Pedionomidae]]: Plains Wanderer * '''Suborder [[Lari]]''': gulls and allies ** Family [[gull|Laridae]]: gulls ** Family [[Rhynchopidae]]: skimmers ** Family [[tern|Sternidae]]: terns ** Family [[auk|Alcidae]]: puffins, guillemots, murres, and allies ** Family [[Skua|Stercorariidae]]: skuas ** Family [[Glareolidae]]: pratincoles and coursers ** Family [[Crab Plover|Dromadidae]]: Crab Plover * '''Suborder Turnici''': buttonquails ** Family [[Turnicidae]]: buttonquails * '''Suborder [[Chionidi]]''': thick-knees and allies ** Family [[stone-curlew|Burhinidae]]: thick-knees ** Family [[sheathbill|Chionididae]]: sheathbills ** Family [[Magellanic Plover|Pluvianellidae]]: Magellanic Plover * '''Suborder [[Charadrii