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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anarhynchus is a genus of plovers consisting of 24 species.[2]
| Anarhynchus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Wrybill, photographed in New Zealand | |
Scientific 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] | |
Many Anarhynchus species are characterised by partial collars, rather than full breast bands or collars which are characteristic of Charadrius.
French naturalists Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard described this genus to accommodate the Wrybill.[3][4] The name is from Ancient Greek ana- (ἀνα-, means "backward") and rhunkhos (ῥυγχος, means "bill").[5]: 46
Anarhynchus was previously considered monotypic, consisting only of the wrybill. Studies in 2015 and 2022 confirmed that Charadrius is polyphyletic, with some species more closely related to the wrybill rather than the common ringed plover. In IOC 14.1, 23 species were transferred to this genus.[2] Anarhynchus now contains the following species:[2]
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