Species
family
plovers
Charadriidae Leach, 1820
species Anarhynchus frontalis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 - Wrybill
species Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758 - Kentish Plover
species Charadrius alticola (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902) - Puna Plover
species Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773 - Caspian Plover
species Charadrius atrifrons Wagler, 1829 - Tibetan Sand Plover
species Charadrius bicinctus Jardine & Selby, 1827 - Double-banded Plover
species Charadrius collaris Vieillot, 1818 - Collared Plover
species Charadrius dealbatus (Swinhoe, 1870) - White-faced Plover
species Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786 - Little Ringed Plover
species Charadrius falklandicus Latham, 1790 - Two-banded Plover
species Charadrius forbesi (Shelley, 1883) - Forbes's Plover
species Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 - Common Ringed Plover
species Charadrius javanicus Chasen, 1938 - Javan Plover
species Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, 1826 - Greater Sand Plover
species Charadrius marginatus Vieillot, 1818 - White-fronted Plover
species Charadrius melodus Ord, 1824 - Piping Plover
species Charadrius mongolus Pallas, 1776 - Lesser Sand Plover
species Charadrius montanus J. K. Townsend, 1837 - Mountain Plover
species Charadrius nivosus (Cassin, 1858) - Snowy Plover
species Charadrius obscurus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 - New Zealand Plover
species Charadrius pallidus Strickland, 1852 - Chestnut-banded Plover
species Charadrius pecuarius Temminck, 1823 - Kittlitz's Plover
species Charadrius peronii Schlegel, 1865 - Malaysian Plover
species Charadrius placidus J. E. Gray & G. R. Gray, 1863 - Long-billed Plover
species Charadrius ruficapillus Temminck, 1822 - Red-capped Plover
species Charadrius sanctaehelenae (Harting, 1873) - St. Helena Plover
species Charadrius seebohmi Hartert & A. C. Jackson, 1915 - Hanuman Plover
species Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825 - Semipalmated Plover
species Charadrius thoracicus (Richmond, 1896) - Madagascan Plover
species Charadrius tricollaris Vieillot, 1818 - Three-banded Plover
species Charadrius veredus Gould, 1848 - Oriental Plover
species Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 - Killdeer
species Charadrius wilsonia Ord, 1814 - Wilson's Plover
species Elseyornis melanops (Vieillot, 1818) - Black-fronted Dotterel
species Erythrogonys cinctus Gould, 1838 - Red-kneed Dotterel
species Eudromias morinellus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian Dotterel
species Hoploxypterus cayanus (Latham, 1790) - Pied Plover
species Jiliniornis huadianensis Hou & Ericson, 2002
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species Oreopholus orcesi
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species Oreopholus ruficollis (Wagler, 1829) - Tawny-throated Dotterel
species Peltohyas australis (Gould, 1841) - Inland Dotterel
species Phegornis mitchellii (Fraser, 1845) - Diademed Sandpiper-plover
species Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758) - European Golden Plover
species Pluvialis dominica (Statius Müller, 1776) - American Golden Plover
species Pluvialis fulva (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Pacific Golden Plover
species Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) - Grey Plover
species Thinornis cucullatus (Vieillot, 1818) - Hooded Dotterel
species Thinornis novaeseelandiae (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Shore Dotterel
species Vanellus albiceps Gould, 1834 - White-crowned Lapwing
species Vanellus armatus (Burchell, 1822) - Blacksmith Lapwing
species Vanellus chilensis (Molina, 1782) - Southern Lapwing
species Vanellus cinereus (Blyth, 1842) - Grey-headed Lapwing
species Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783) - Crowned Lapwing
species Vanellus crassirostris (Hartlaub, 1855) - Long-toed Lapwing
species Vanellus downsi (Campbell, 2002)
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species Vanellus duvaucelii (Lesson, 1826) - River Lapwing
species Vanellus edmundi (Campbell, 1979)
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species Vanellus gregarius (Pallas, 1771) - Sociable Lapwing
species Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) - Red-wattled Lapwing
species Vanellus leucurus (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823) - White-tailed Lapwing
species Vanellus lugubris (Lesson, 1826) - Senegal Lapwing
species Vanellus macropterus (Wagler, 1827) - Javan Lapwing
species Vanellus malabaricus (Boddaert, 1783) - Yellow-wattled Lapwing
species Vanellus melanocephalus (Rüppell, 1845) - Spot-breasted Lapwing
species Vanellus melanopterus (Cretzschmar, 1829) - Black-winged Lapwing
species Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) - Masked Lapwing
species Vanellus resplendens (Tschudi, 1843) - Andean Lapwing
species Vanellus senegallus (Linnaeus, 1766) - African Wattled Lapwing
species Vanellus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Spur-winged Lapwing
species Vanellus superciliosus (Reichenow, 1886) - Brown-chested Lapwing
species Vanellus tectus (Boddaert, 1783) - Black-headed Lapwing
species Vanellus tricolor (Vieillot, 1818) - Banded Lapwing
species Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Lapwing
species Zonibyx modestus (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823) - Rufous-chested Plover