Editing Wader (section)

==Taxonomy==
In the [[Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy]], waders and many other groups are subsumed into a greatly enlarged order [[Ciconiiformes]]. However, the classification of the Charadriiformes is one of the weakest points of the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, as [[DNA–DNA hybridization]] has turned out to be incapable of properly resolving the interrelationships of the group. Formerly, the waders were united in a single suborder ''Charadrii'', but this has turned out to be a "[[wastebasket taxon]]", uniting no fewer than four charadriiform lineages in a [[paraphyletic]] assemblage. However, it indicated that the [[plains wanderer]] actually belonged into one of them. Following recent studies (Ericson et al., 2003; Paton et al., 2003; Thomas et al., 2004a, b; van Tuinen et al., 2004; Paton & Baker, 2006), the waders may be more accurately subdivided as follows, with ''Charadrii'' being repurposed into a [[monophyletic]] suborder of plovers, oystercatchers, and their close relatives.

The waders are traditionally a group of two charadriiform [[suborder]]s which include 13 [[family (biology)|families]]. Species in the third charadriiform suborder, [[Lari (bird)|Lari]], are not universally considered as waders,<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2021 | title=IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=19 December 2021 }}</ref> though the families in Lari which may variously be included are listed below as well.

* Suborder '''[[Charadrii]]''' (or '''[[Charadrii|Eucharadrii]]''')
** Family [[Burhinidae]] – stone-curlews, thick-knees (10 species)
** Family [[Pluvianellidae]] – Magellanic plover
** Family [[Chionidae]] – sheathbills (2 species) 
** Family [[Pluvianidae]] – Egyptian plover 
** Family [[Charadriidae]] – plovers (68 species) 
** Family [[Recurvirostridae]] – stilts, avocets (10 species) 
** Family [[Ibidorhynchidae]] – ibisbill 
** Family [[Haematopodidae]] – oystercatchers (12 species) 
* Suborder '''[[Scolopaci]]'''
** Family [[Rostratulidae]] – painted-snipes (3 species) 
** Family [[Jacanidae]] – jacanas (8 species) 
** Family [[Pedionomidae]] – plains-wanderer 
** Family [[Thinocoridae]] – seedsnipes (4 species) 
** Family [[Scolopacidae]] – sandpipers, snipes (98 species)
* Suborder '''[[Lari (bird)|Lari]]'''
** Family [[Turnicidae]] – buttonquails (18 species)
** Family [[Dromadidae]] – crab-plover
** Family [[Glareolidae]] – coursers, pratincoles (17 species)