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Noun: suborder Charadrii
  1. Shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews
    - Charadrii

Type of: animal order

Part of: Charadriiformes, order Charadriiformes

Nearest

suborder Anseres
suborder Anthropoidea
suborder Blattaria
suborder Blattodea
suborder Blennioidea
suborder Brachyura
suborder Carnosaura
suborder Cephalaspida
suborder Ceratopsia
suborder Ceratosaura
suborder Charadrii
suborder Clamatores
suborder Euronithopoda
suborder Eurylaimi
suborder Gorgonacea
suborder Gorgoniacea
suborder Heteroptera
suborder Heterostraci
suborder Homoptera
suborder Hyperoartia
suborder Hyperotreta