| Vanellus |
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| Vanellus miles novaehollandiae |
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| Vanellus vanellus |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Aves |
| Order: |
Charadriiformes |
| Family: |
Charadriidae |
| Subfamily: |
Vanellinae |
| Genus: |
Vanellus
Brisson, 1760 |
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| Type species |
Tringa vanellus
Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Species |
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24, see text |
| Synonyms |
- Afribyx Mathews, 1913
Anomalophrys Sharpe, 1896
- Anitibyx Wolters, 1974
- Belonopterus Reichenbach, [1852]
- Chaetusia Agassiz, 1846 (unjustified emendation)
- Cheltusia Verreaux, 1855 (unjustified emendation)
- Chettusia Bonaparte, 1838
- Chetusia Gray, 1841 (unjustified emendation)
- Choetusia Blyth, 1854 (unjustified emendation)
- Dorypaltus Brodkorb, 1959
- Hemiparra Salvadori, 1865
- Hoplopterus Bonaparte, 1831
- Hoploxypterus Bonaparte, 1856
- Lobibyx Heine [1890]
- Lobipluria Bonaparte, 1856 (lapsus)
- Lobipluvia Bonaparte, 1856
- Lobivanellus Strickland 1841
- Microsarcops Sharpe 1896
- Ptiloscelys Bonaparte, 1856
- Sarciophorus Strickland 1841
- Stephanibyx Reichenbach, [1852]
- Rogibyx Mathews 1913
- Tylibyx Reichenbach, [1852]
- Vanellochettusia Brandt 1852
- Xiphidiopterus Reichenbach, [1852]
and see text
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Vanellus is the genus of waders which provisionally contains all lapwings except red-kneed dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus. The name "vanellus" is Latin for "little fan", vanellus being the diminutive of vannus ("winnowing fan"). The name is in reference to the sound lapwings' wings make in flight.