Anarhynchus

Anarhynchus
Wrybill, photographed in New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Subfamily: Charadriinae
Genus: Anarhynchus
Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Type species
Anarhynchus frontalis[1]
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

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

Many Anarhynchus species are characterised by partial collars, rather than full breast bands or collars which are characteristic of Charadrius.

  1. ^ "H&M4 Checklist family by family". The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  2. ^ International Ornithologists' Union. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela (eds.). "IOC World Bird List 14.1" (xlsx). Retrieved 2023-12-20.