Plovers and Lapwings | Bird Family Guide

68 species

Every species in this family

The same 68 birds as a plain list, if you already know the name you want.

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 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