Charadriidae
Bird family with 69 species
Species
African Wattled Lapwing
(Vanellus senegallus)
American Golden Plover
(Pluvialis dominica)
Andean Lapwing
(Vanellus resplendens)
Banded Lapwing
(Vanellus tricolor)
Black-fronted Dotterel
(Thinornis melanops)
Black-headed Lapwing
(Vanellus tectus)
Black-winged Lapwing
(Vanellus melanopterus)
Blacksmith Lapwing
(Vanellus armatus)
Brown-chested Lapwing
(Vanellus superciliosus)
Caspian Plover
(Anarhynchus asiaticus)
Chestnut-banded Plover
(Anarhynchus pallidus)
Collared Plover
(Anarhynchus collaris)
Common Ringed Plover
(Charadrius hiaticula)
Crowned Lapwing
(Vanellus coronatus)
Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
(Phegornis mitchellii)
Double-banded Plover
(Anarhynchus bicinctus)
Eurasian Dotterel
(Eudromias morinellus)
European Golden Plover
(Pluvialis apricaria)
Forbes's Plover
(Thinornis forbesi)
Greater Sand Plover
(Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
Grey Plover
(Pluvialis squatarola)
Grey-headed Lapwing
(Vanellus cinereus)
Hooded Plover
(Thinornis cucullatus)
Inland Dotterel
(Peltohyas australis)
Javan Lapwing
(Vanellus macropterus)
Javan Plover
(Anarhynchus javanicus)
Kentish Plover
(Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
Killdeer
(Charadrius vociferus)
Kittlitz's Plover
(Anarhynchus pecuarius)
Little Ringed Plover
(Thinornis dubius)
Long-billed Plover
(Thinornis placidus)
Long-toed Lapwing
(Vanellus crassirostris)
Madagascar Plover
(Anarhynchus thoracicus)
Malaysian Plover
(Anarhynchus peronii)
Masked Lapwing
(Vanellus miles)
Mountain Plover
(Anarhynchus montanus)
New Zealand Plover
(Anarhynchus obscurus)
Northern Lapwing
(Vanellus vanellus)
Oriental Plover
(Anarhynchus veredus)
Pacific Golden Plover
(Pluvialis fulva)
Pied Plover
(Hoploxypterus cayanus)
Piping Plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Puna Plover
(Anarhynchus alticola)
Red-capped Plover
(Anarhynchus ruficapillus)
Red-kneed Dotterel
(Erythrogonys cinctus)
Red-wattled Lapwing
(Vanellus indicus)
River Lapwing
(Vanellus duvaucelii)
Rufous-chested Dotterel
(Zonibyx modestus)
Semipalmated Plover
(Charadrius semipalmatus)
Senegal Lapwing
(Vanellus lugubris)
Shore Plover
(Thinornis novaeseelandiae)
Siberian Sand Plover
(Anarhynchus mongolus)
Snowy Plover
(Anarhynchus nivosus)
Sociable Lapwing
(Vanellus gregarius)
Southern Lapwing
(Vanellus chilensis)
Spot-breasted Lapwing
(Vanellus melanocephalus)
Spur-winged Lapwing
(Vanellus spinosus)
St. Helena Plover
(Anarhynchus sanctaehelenae)
Tawny-throated Dotterel
(Oreopholus ruficollis)
Three-banded Plover
(Thinornis tricollaris)
Tibetan Sand Plover
(Anarhynchus atrifrons)
Two-banded Plover
(Anarhynchus falklandicus)
White-crowned Lapwing
(Vanellus albiceps)
White-faced Plover
(Anarhynchus dealbatus)
White-fronted Plover
(Anarhynchus marginatus)
White-tailed Lapwing
(Vanellus leucurus)
Wilson's Plover
(Anarhynchus wilsonia)
Wrybill
(Anarhynchus frontalis)
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
(Vanellus malabaricus)
Back to Encyclopedia