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Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) by J Fenton

But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you; (Job 12:7 NKJV)

CLASS – AVES, Order – CHARADRIIFORMES, Family – Charadriidae – Plovers

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Genus (11), Species (67), Subspecies

Vanellus
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) by Ian
Long-toed Lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris)
____ (Vanellus crassirostris crassirostris)
____ (Vanellus crassirostris leucopterus)
Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus) by Ian
Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) by Ian
Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
____ (Vanellus tectus tectus)
____ (Vanellus tectus latifrons)
Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) by Ian
White-crowned Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) by Lee (NA)
Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)
Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
____ (Vanellus melanopterus melanopterus)
____ (Vanellus melanopterus minor)
Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
____ (Vanellus coronatus demissus)
____ (Vanellus coronatus coronatus)
____ (Vanellus coronatus xerophilus)
African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus)
____ (Vanellus senegallus senegallus)
____ (Vanellus senegallus lateralis)
____ (Vanellus senegallus major)
Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus)
Brown-chested Lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus)
Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) by Ian
____ (Vanellus indicus aigneri)
____ (Vanellus indicus indicus)
____ (Vanellus indicus lankae)
____ (Vanellus indicus atronuchalis)
Javan Lapwing (Vanellus macropterus)
Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) by Ian – Article
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) by Dan’sPix
____ (Vanellus miles miles)
____ (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae)
Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus)
Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) by Ian
____ (Vanellus chilensis cayennensis)
____ (Vanellus chilensis lampronotus)
____ (Vanellus chilensis fretensis)
____ (Vanellus chilensis chilensis)
Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
Erythrogonys
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) by Ian
Peltohyas
Inland Plover (Peltohyas australis) by Ian
Anarhynchus
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
Pluvialis
European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) by Ian
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) by Nikhil D
American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) by Lee(NA)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) by K Nickell
____ (Pluvialis squatarola squatarola)
____ (Pluvialis squatarola tomkovichi)
____ (Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae)
Charadrius
New Zealand Plover (Charadrius obscurus)
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) by Ian
____ (Charadrius hiaticula psammodromus)
____ (Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula)
____ (Charadrius hiaticula tundrae)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Long-billed Plover (Charadrius placidus)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) by Ian
____ (Charadrius dubius curonicus)
____ (Charadrius dubius jerdoni)
____ (Charadrius dubius dubius)
Wilson’s Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) by K Nickell
____ (Charadrius wilsonia wilsonia)
____ (Charadrius wilsonia beldingi)
____ (Charadrius wilsonia cinnamominus)
____ (Charadrius wilsonia brasiliensis)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) by Lee(NA)
____ (Charadrius vociferus vociferus)
____ (Charadrius vociferus ternominatus)
____ (Charadrius vociferus peruvianus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) by J Fenton
____ (Charadrius melodus circumcinctus)
____ (Charadrius melodus melodus)
Madagascar Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
Kittlitz’s Plover (Charadrius pecuarius) by Ian
St. Helena Plover (Charadrius sanctaehelenae)
Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris)
____ (Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris)
____ (Charadrius tricollaris bifrontatus)
Forbes’s Plover (Charadrius forbesi)
White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus) by Ian
____ (Charadrius marginatus mechowi)
____ (Charadrius marginatus marginatus)
____ (Charadrius marginatus arenaceus)
____ (Charadrius marginatus tenellus)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
____ (Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus)
____ (Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus)
____ (Charadrius alexandrinus seebohmi)
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) by JFenton
____ (Charadrius nivosus nivosus)
____ (Charadrius nivosus occidentalis)
Javan Plover (Charadrius javanicus)
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) by Ian
Malaysian Plover (Charadrius peronii)
Chestnut-banded Plover (Charadrius pallidus)
____ (Charadrius pallidus venustus)
____ (Charadrius pallidus pallidus)
Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris)
Puna Plover (Charadrius alticola)
Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus)
Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) by Ian
____ (Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus)
____ (Charadrius bicinctus exilis)
Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) by Ian
____ (Charadrius mongolus pamirensis)
____ (Charadrius mongolus atrifrons)
____ (Charadrius mongolus schaeferi)
____ (Charadrius mongolus mongolus)
____ (Charadrius mongolus stegmanni)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) by Ian
____ (Charadrius leschenaultii columbinus)
____ (Charadrius leschenaultii crassirostris)
____ (Charadrius leschenaultii leschenaultii)
Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus)
Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) ©WikiC
Rufous-chested Plover (Charadrius modestus)
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) by Kent Nickell
Thinornis
Hooded Dotterel (Thinornis rubricollis) by Ian
Shore Dotterel (Thinornis novaeseelandiae)
Elseyornis
Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops) – Article

Oreopholus
Tawny-throated Dotterel (Oreopholus ruficollis)
____ (Oreopholus ruficollis pallidus)
____ (Oreopholus ruficollis ruficollis)
Phegornis
Diademed Plover (Phegornis mitchellii)
Hoploxypterus
Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus) by Kent Nickell
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