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Scientific Name:
Himantopus
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Stilts [English]
Taxonomic Status
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness:
complete
Currency Rating:
2011
Taxonomic Hierarchy
- up to the kingdom
Kingdom
Animalia
Subkingdom
Bilateria
Infrakingdom
Deuterostomia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Infraphylum
Gnathostomata
Superclass
Tetrapoda
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Recurvirostridae
- down one level
Species
Himantopus mexicanus
Species
Himantopus himantopus
Species
Himantopus leucocephalus
Species
Himantopus melanurus
Species
Himantopus novaezelandiae
References
Expert(s):
Richard C. Banks.
Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.
Alan P. Peterson, M.D..
PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
Other Sources:
website: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.04.02; "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
database: NODC Taxonomic Code;
References:
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987-01-01.
Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79. . .
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003-12-31.
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. . . . . As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998.
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