Charadriiformes, from Charadrius, the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. 
Most members of this order can also collectively be referred to as shorebirds.

Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").