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Charadriidae

42 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Charadriiformes › Charadriidae

Erythrogonys cinctus Gould, 1838

Erythrogonys cinctus, the red-kneed dotterel, is a distinctively marked bird native to Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.

Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

The European golden plover Pluvialis apricaria is a thickset bird with a distinct white S-shaped band, breeding across northern Eurasia and wintering further southwest.

Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pluvialis squatarola, the grey plover, is a medium-sized shorebird with distinct seasonal plumage, feeding on small invertebrates on beaches.

Pluvialis dominica (P.L.S.Müller, 1776)

Pluvialis dominica (American golden plover) is a migratory shorebird that breeds in Arctic North America and winters in southern South America.

Pluvialis fulva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)

Pluvialis fulva, the Pacific golden plover, is a migratory shorebird that breeds in Arctic regions and winters across Asia, Australasia and Pacific islands.

Anarhynchus frontalis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

Anarhynchus frontalis (wrybill) is a small New Zealand plover, the only bird with a right-curved asymmetric bill.

Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758

Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758, or the Kentish plover, is a widely distributed small shorebird with sexually dimorphic plumage.

Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773

Charadrius asiaticus, the Caspian plover, is a migratory bird that breeds in western Asia and winters in Africa, with rare vagrancy to Europe and Australia.

Charadrius veredus Gould, 1848

Charadrius veredus, the oriental plover, is a long-legged migratory plover that feeds mainly on insects.

Charadrius leschenaultii R.Lesson, 1826

Charadrius leschenaultii, the greater sand plover, is a migratory wader covered by the AEWA conservation agreement.

Oreopholus ruficollis (Wagler, 1829)

The tawny-throated dotterel is a bird species with two distinct subspecies that live in different parts of western South America.

Phegornis mitchellii (Fraser, 1845)

Phegornis mitchellii, the diademed sandpiper-plover, is a small Andean wader with distinct plumage living in high-elevation peatlands and bogs.

Thinornis novaeseelandiae (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)

Thinornis novaeseelandiae, the shore plover, is a small New Zealand shorebird that survives only on the Chatham Islands post-mainland extinction.

Thinornis cucullatus (Vieillot, 1818)

Thinornis cucullatus, the hooded plover, is a non-migratory Australian plover threatened by habitat loss.

Charadrius morinellus Linnaeus, 1758

Charadrius morinellus is a small migratory plover with distinct plumage traits and male-led chick care.

Peltohyas australis (Gould, 1841)

The inland dotterel Peltohyas australis is a medium-sized Australian arid-zone plover with distinctive cryptic plumage.

Hoploxypterus cayanus (Latham, 1790)

Hoploxypterus cayanus (the pied plover) is a medium-sized South American wader with distinct black, white, and buff patterning.

Charadrius modestus M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823

The rufous-chested dotterel is a small shorebird with plumage that varies by age and breeding season, found across southern South America.

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