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Charadriiformes (shorebirds)

Scientific Classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Charadriiformes
Common:shorebirds

The Charadriiformes is an order of birds that live near water.

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Species
Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Chordata (vertebrates, sea squirts)
Class: Aves (birds)
Order: Accipitriformes (diurnal birds of prey)
Order: Anseriformes (waterfowl)
Order: Apodiformes (swifts, treeswifts, hummingbirds)
Order: Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, frogmouths)
Order: Charadriiformes (shorebirds)
Family: Alcidae (auks)
Family: Charadriidae (plovers, dotterels, lapwings)
Family: Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)
Family: Laridae (gulls)
Family: Recurvirostridae (waders)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Order: Ciconiiformes (storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills)
Order: Coliiformes (mousebirds)
Order: Columbiformes (doves, pigeons)
Order: Coraciiformes (kingfishers, hornbills)
Order: Cuculiformes (cuckoos, turacos)
Order: Falconiformes (falcons, caracaras)
Order: Galliformes (fowl)
Order: Gaviiformes (loons)
Order: Gruiformes (cranes)
Order: Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin)
Order: Passeriformes (perching birds)
Order: Pelecaniformes (pelicans)
Order: Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds)
Order: Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos)
Order: Piciformes (woodpeckers, toucans)
Order: Podicipediformes (grebes)
Order: Procellariiformes (albatrosses, petrels)
Order: Psittaciformes (parrots)
Order: Pteroclidiformes (sandgrouse)
Order: Sphenisciformes (penguins)
Order: Strigiformes (owls)
Order: Struthioniformes (ratites)
Order: Trogoniformes (trogons)