Charadriiformes
Plovers (Charadriidae)
HBW 3, p. 384
- Small to medium-sized upright shorebirds, with round head, large eyes and short, pointed bill.
- All regions except Antarctic; almost all areas support several species.
- Open habitats, both wet and dry, including great variety of wetlands, coastal shoreline, grassland, tundra, steppe and semi-desert.
- 10 genera, 68 species, 106 taxa.
- 7 species threatened; 1 of these almost certainly extinct since 1600.
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- 90 4 42 44 8 1 Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
- 9 5 4 8 2 Long-toed Lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris)
- 32 1 21 10 8 3 Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
- 56 1 25 30 8 4 Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
- 13 1 7 5 8 5 River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)
- 18 7 11 8 6 Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
- 34 4 19 11 8 7 Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus)
- 12 7 5 8 8 White-headed Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps)
- 10 2 8 8 9 Lesser Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)
- 14 8 6 8 10 Greater Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
- 26 19 7 8 11 Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
- 25 1 14 10 8 12 African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus)
- 14 3 11 8 13 Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus)
- 11 3 8 8 14 Brown-chested Lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus)
- 9 6 3 8 15 Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
- 87 6 42 39 8 16 Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- 1 1 2 17 Javanese Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus macropterus)
- 14 1 4 9 8 18 Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- 46 1 27 18 8 19 Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- 33 27 6 2 20 Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
- 18 1 10 7 8 21 White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus)
- 29 1 8 20 8 22 Pied Lapwing (Vanellus cayanus)
- 111 2 33 76 8 23 Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
- 21 1 8 12 8 24 Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
- 27 7 20 8 25 Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus)
- 34 1 17 16 8 26 Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
- 63 1 20 42 8 27 Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- 15 9 6 8 28 American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
- 80 1 27 52 8 29 Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- 16 12 4 3 30 Red-breasted Plover (Charadrius obscurus)
- 69 4 17 48 8 31 Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- 60 1 37 22 8 32 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- 14 4 10 8 33 Long-billed Plover (Charadrius placidus)
- 110 3 42 65 8 34 Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
- 32 1 16 15 8 35 Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
- 69 1 46 22 8 36 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- 15 7 8 6 37 Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
- 4 3 1 4 38 Black-banded Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
- 19 9 10 8 39 Kittlitz's Plover (Charadrius pecuarius)
- 1 1 2 40 St. Helena Plover (Charadrius sanctaehelenae)
- 21 12 9 8 41 Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris)
- 3 2 1 8 42 Forbes' Plover (Charadrius forbesi)
- 12 6 6 8 43 White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus)
- 86 1 51 34 8 44 Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
- 21 7 14 9 45 White-faced Plover (Charadrius dealbatus)
- 11 7 4 6 46 Javan Plover (Charadrius javanicus)
- 34 12 22 8 47 Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)
- 16 1 6 9 6 48 Malaysian Plover (Charadrius peronii)
- 3 2 1 6 49 Chestnut-banded Plover (Charadrius pallidus)
- 26 1 9 16 8 50 Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris)
- 8 4 4 8 51 Puna Plover (Charadrius alticola)
- 20 1 10 9 8 52 Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus)
- 19 8 11 8 53 Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)
- 26 9 17 8 54 Lesser Sandplover (Charadrius mongolus)
- 35 21 14 8 55 Greater Sandplover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
- 7 4 3 8 56 Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
- 5 2 3 8 57 Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus)
- 32 12 20 8 58 Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
- 11 1 4 6 8 59 Rufous-chested Plover (Charadrius modestus)
- 11 6 5 6 60 Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
- 16 5 11 6 61 Hooded Plover (Charadrius rubricollis)
- 3 1 2 3 62 Shore Plover (Charadrius novaeseelandiae)
- 35 17 18 8 63 Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
- 8 4 4 8 64 Inland Dotterel (Peltohyas australis)
- 20 15 5 4 65 Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
- 24 8 16 6 66 Diademed Plover (Phegornis mitchellii)
- 12 1 3 8 8 67 Tawny-throated Dotterel (Oreopholus ruficollis)
- 11 1 4 6 6 68 Magellanic Plover (Pluvianellus socialis)
Family statistics
10 genera, 68 species
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| 10 genera | (100%) |
| 68 species | (100%) |
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