Anarhynchus

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, 1832
Type species
Anarhynchus frontalis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

Anarhynchus is a genus of plovers consisting of 24 species.

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

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