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.
- 8 species threatened; 1 of these almost certainly extinct since 1600.
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- 115 4 56 55 8 1 Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
- 19 14 5 8 2 Long-toed Lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris)
- 49 1 34 14 8 3 Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
- 87 1 51 35 8 4 Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
- 27 1 13 13 6 5 River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)
- 22 11 11 8 6 Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
- 44 4 29 11 8 7 Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus)
- 18 10 8 8 8 White-headed Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps)
- 12 1 3 8 8 9 Lesser Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)
- 22 14 8 8 10 Greater Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
- 47 1 34 12 8 11 Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
- 38 1 22 15 8 12 African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus)
- 19 1 7 11 8 13 Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus)
- 12 4 8 8 14 Brown-chested Lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus)
- 14 1 9 4 8 15 Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
- 131 7 82 42 8 16 Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- 1 1 2 17 Javanese Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus macropterus)
- 15 1 5 9 8 18 Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- 67 7 40 20 8 19 Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- 38 28 10 2 20 Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
- 27 1 17 9 8 21 White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus)
- 44 2 14 28 8 22 Pied Lapwing (Vanellus cayanus)
- 181 7 81 93 8 23 Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
- 30 1 12 17 8 24 Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
- 29 9 20 8 25 Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus)
- 48 1 22 25 8 26 Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
- 79 1 29 49 8 27 Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- 40 2 21 17 8 28 American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
- 106 1 46 59 8 29 Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- 38 1 18 19 3 30 Red-breasted Plover (Charadrius obscurus)
- 95 4 35 56 8 31 Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- 90 3 56 31 8 32 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- 18 7 11 8 33 Long-billed Plover (Charadrius placidus)
- 142 3 61 78 8 34 Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
- 48 1 30 17 8 35 Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
- 98 3 62 33 8 36 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- 28 19 9 6 37 Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
- 5 3 2 4 38 Black-banded Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
- 22 11 11 8 39 Kittlitz's Plover (Charadrius pecuarius)
- 1 1 2 40 St Helena Plover (Charadrius sanctaehelenae)
- 32 21 11 8 41 Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris)
- 3 2 1 8 42 Forbes's Plover (Charadrius forbesi)
- 20 13 7 8 43 White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus)
- 117 1 74 42 8 44 Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
- 23 9 14 9 45 White-faced Plover (Charadrius dealbatus)
- 14 10 4 6 46 Javan Plover (Charadrius javanicus)
- 36 14 22 8 47 Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)
- 25 1 13 11 6 48 Malaysian Plover (Charadrius peronii)
- 5 4 1 6 49 Chestnut-banded Plover (Charadrius pallidus)
- 33 1 13 19 8 50 Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris)
- 20 10 10 8 51 Puna Plover (Charadrius alticola)
- 24 1 13 10 8 52 Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus)
- 36 1 11 24 8 53 Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)
- 36 19 17 8 54 Lesser Sandplover (Charadrius mongolus)
- 51 33 18 8 55 Greater Sandplover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
- 18 11 7 8 56 Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
- 7 4 3 8 57 Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus)
- 47 2 20 25 8 58 Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
- 21 1 13 7 8 59 Rufous-chested Plover (Charadrius modestus)
- 11 6 5 6 60 Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
- 19 7 12 4 61 Hooded Plover (Charadrius rubricollis)
- 6 3 3 3 62 Shore Plover (Charadrius novaeseelandiae)
- 45 1 25 19 8 63 Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
- 9 5 4 8 64 Inland Dotterel (Peltohyas australis)
- 45 1 19 25 4 65 Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
- 34 14 20 6 66 Diademed Plover (Phegornis mitchellii)
- 16 1 7 8 8 67 Tawny-throated Dotterel (Oreopholus ruficollis)
- 12 1 5 6 6 68 Magellanic Plover (Pluvianellus socialis)
Family statistics
10 genera, 68 species
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