Subgenus Charadrius (Charadrius) Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

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• Charadrius Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [150].

  Type species:

   Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 by Linnaean tautonymy.
• Aegialitis Boie, J.F. 1822. [title not located]. Isis von Oken, Jena 5 [558].

  Type species:

   Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1855. Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum 192 pp. [111].
• Charadrus Fleming, J. 1822. Philosophy of Zoology; or a general view of the structure, functions, and classifications of animals. Edinburgh : Hurst Vol. 2 618 pp. [presumed incorrect subsequent spelling of Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758, and unavailable].
• Charadricus Pennant, T. 1781. Genera of Birds. London : B. White xxv 68 pp. 15 pls. [presumed incorrect subsequent spelling of Charardrius Linnaeus, 1758, and unavailable].
• Charadrias Scopoli, G.A. 1777. Introductio ad Historiam Naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Prague : Wolfgangus Gerle 506 pp. [presumed unjustified emendation of Charardrius Linnaeus, 1758 (in Index)].
• Charadias Scopoli, G.A. 1777. Introductio ad Historiam Naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Prague : Wolfgangus Gerle 506 pp. [475] [presumed incorrect subsequent spelling of Charardrias Scopoli, 1777, and unavailable].
• Charadinus Dumont, C.H.F. 1821. In, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connaissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes. Par Plusieurs Professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales Écoles de Paris. Paris : F.G. Levrault. 20 pp. [presumed unjustified emendation of Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758].
• Charadius Schilling, 1853.
• Aegialites Kaup, J. 1829. Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und Natürliches System der Europäischen Thierwelt. Leipzig : C.W. Leske xii 204 pp. [194] [presumed unjustified emendation of Aegialitis Boie, 1822].
• Aegialetes G.R. Gray, 1849.
• Hiaticula Moehring, P.H.G. 1758. Geslachten der Vogelen … Uit het Latyn vertaald en met Aantekeningen vermeerderd / door C. Nozeman, en naar die Vertsaling uitgegeeven en met eene Voorreden, Aantekeningen en Naamlyst der voornaamste Schryveren die over de Vogelen geschreeven hebben vermeerderd ; door A. Vosmaer. te Amsteldam Vol. 2 [xxvii, 7] 97 [3], 2 pls col. 8. [unavailable, published in work suppressed for nomenclatural purposes: ICmZN Opinion 801].
• Hiaticula Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [Date published Apr 1840: published before Apr.] [65].

  Type species:

   Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 by Linnaean tautonymy.
• Pagoa Mathews, G.M. 1913. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 3 pt 1 pp. 1-104 pls 125-137. [Date published 2 Apr. 1913] [82].

  Type species:

   Charadrius geoffroyi Wagler, 1827 (=Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, 1826) by original designation.
• Nesoceryx Mathews, G.M. 1920. Amended names Acanthiza n. burtoni for A. n. clelandi and A. l. alberti for A. l. whitei. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 41(254): 35 [Date published 30 Nov 1920] [35].

  Type species:

   Charadrius bicinctus Jardine & Selby, 1827 by original designation.
• Aegialophilus Gould, J. 1865. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 2 629 pp. [For publication date Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.] [234].

  Type species:

   Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758 (=Charadrius cantianus Latham, 1892) by original designation.
• Cirrepidesmus Bonaparte, C.L.J.L. 1856. Mémoires et communications. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles xliii: 593-602 [417].

  Type species:

   Charadrius pyrrhothorax Gould, 1837 (=Charadrius atrifrons Wagler, 1829) by absolute tautonymy.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal
• East Timor
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• New Zealand
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

• China (People's Republic)
  • Hainan
• Indonesia
• Kampuchea (Cambodia)
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Mongolia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Palaearctic Region

• Japan
• Russia
  • Kamchatka Oblast

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)