Bird families · Charadriiformes
Plovers
Charadriidae · 71 species
Plovers (Charadriidae) is a family of 71 bird species in the order Charadriiformes. They live mostly in grassland, wetland, coastal habitats. The smallest is the Madagascar Plover and the largest the Masked Lapwing.
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Black-shouldered Lapwing Vanellus novaehollandiae
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
- Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus
- Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Diademed Sandpiper-Plover Phegornis mitchellii
- Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Forbes's Plover Charadrius forbesi
- Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus
- Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis
- Javan Lapwing Vanellus macropterus
- Javan Plover Charadrius javanicus
- Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius
- Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
- Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Madagascar Plover Charadrius thoracicus
- Madagascar Three-banded Plover Charadrius bifrontatus
- Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
- New Zealand Dotterel Charadrius aquilonius
- New Zealand Plover Charadrius obscurus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Puna Plover Charadrius alticola
- Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Shore Plover Thinornis novaeseelandiae
- Siberian Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
- Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus
- Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- St. Helena Plover Charadrius sanctaehelenae
- Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis
- Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
- Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus
- White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia
- Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus