Plovers and Allies (W)
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Charadriidae
They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings.
They are distributed through open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.
- Eurasian Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
- Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
- Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Red-breasted Plover (Charadrius obscurus)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Long-billed Plover (Charadrius placidus)
- Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
- Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Black-banded Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
- St. Helena Plover (Charadrius sanctaehelenae)
- Kittlitz's Plover (Charadrius pecuarius)
- Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris)
- Forbes's Plover (Charadrius forbesi)
- Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
- Chestnut-banded Plover (Charadrius pallidus)
- Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
- White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus)
- Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus)
- Malaysian Plover (Charadrius peronii)
- Javan Plover (Charadrius javanicus)
- Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris)
- Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)
- Puna Plover (Charadrius alticola)
- Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus)
- Mongolian Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
- Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
- Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
- Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus)
- Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
- Rufous-chested Plover (Charadrius modestus)
- Hooded Plover (Charadrius rubricollis)
- Shore Plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae)
- Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus)
- Eurasian Dotterel (Eudromias morinellus)
- Tawny-throated Dotterel (Oreopholus ruficollis)
- Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
- Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (Phegornis mitchellii)
- Inland Dotterel (Peltohyas australis)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
- Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
- Long-toed Lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris)
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malarbaricus)
- Javanese Lapwing (Vanellus macropterus)
- Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
- Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
- River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)
- Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
- Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus)
- Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
- Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- White-headed Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps)
- Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus)
- Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)
- Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
- Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
- Brown-chested Lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus)
- Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
- White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus)
- Pied Lapwing (Vanellus cayanus)
- Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
- Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
