Pluvianellidae

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Pluvianellidae is a small bird family within the shorebird order, best known for the unique Magellanic plover of southern South America.

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Label Occurrences
Pluvianellidae canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family
group of shorebirds
taxonomic family
belongsToClade Charadrii NERFINISHED
bestKnownFor Magellanic plover NERFINISHED
class Aves NERFINISHED
commonName Magellanic plover family NERFINISHED
containsGenus Pluvianellus NERFINISHED
containsTaxon Pluvianellus socialis NERFINISHED
distributionRegion Patagonia NERFINISHED
southern South America
ecologicalRole shoreline invertebrate predator
etymologyLanguage New Latin NERFINISHED
feedingBehavior forages on open shorelines
habitat coastal shores
inland saline lakes
mudflats
hasConservationInterest Magellanic plover conservation
hasExtantSpeciesCount 1
hasMemberCount very few species
higherClassification Charadriiformes NERFINISHED
isMonotypic true
kingdom Animalia
namedAfter genus Pluvianellus
order Charadriiformes NERFINISHED
phylum Chordata
relativeSizeWithinOrder small bird family
reproductiveBehavior shorebird-like nesting on ground
taxonRank family
typeSpecies Pluvianellus socialis NERFINISHED

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Charadriiformes containsFamily Pluvianellidae