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{{otheruses|Plover (disambiguation)}}
{{Taxobox
| name = Plovers
| image = Killdeer23.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = [[Killdeer]]
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Charadriiformes]]
| familia = [[Charadriidae]]
| subfamilia = '''Charadriinae'''
| subfamilia_authority = [[William Elford Leach|Leach]], 1820
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]]
| subdivision =
''[[Pluvialis]]'' <br>
''[[Charadrius]]'' <br>
''[[Thinornis]]'' <br>
''[[Elseyornis]]'' <br>
''[[Peltohyas]]'' <br>
''[[Anarhynchus]]'' <br>
''[[Phegornis]]'' <br>
''[[Oreopholus]]''
}}
'''Plovers''' are a widely distributed group of [[wader|wading]] [[bird]]s belonging to the [[subfamily]] '''Charadriinae'''. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related [[lapwing]] subfamily, [[Vanellinae]], comprises another 20-odd species.
Plovers are found throughout the world, and are characterised by relatively short bills. They hunt by sight, rather than by feel as longer-billed waders like [[snipe]] do.
They feed mainly on insects, worms or other invertebrates, depending on habitat, which are obtained by a run-and-pause technique, rather than the steady probing of some other wader groups.
==Species list in taxonomic order==
* [[Eurasian Golden Plover]], ''Pluvialis apricaria''
* [[Pacific Golden Plover]], ''Pluvialis fulva''
* [[American Golden Plover]], ''Pluvialis dominica'' - the American and Pacific Golden Plovers were formerly considered [[conspecific]] (as "Lesser Golden Plover"; Sangster ''et al.'', 2002)
* [[Grey Plover]] or Black-bellied Plover, ''Pluvialis squatarola''
* [[New Zealand Dotterel]] or Red-breasted Plover, ''Charadrius obscurus''
* [[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''
* [[Piping Plover]], ''Charadrius melodus''
* [[Black-banded Plover]], ''Charadrius thoracicus''
* [[Kittlitz's Plover]], ''Charadrius pecuarius''
* [[St. Helena Plover]], ''Charadrius sanctaehelenae''[[Image:Plover eggs.jpg|thumb|250px|Plover eggs laid on the ground]]
* [[Three-banded Plover]], ''Charadrius tricollaris''
* [[Forbes' Plover]], ''Charadrius forbesi''
* [[Kentish Plover]] or Snowy Plover, ''Charadrius alexandrinus''
* [[Javan Plover]], ''Charadrius (alexandrinus) javanicus''
* [[White-fronted Plover]], ''Charadrius marginatus''
* [[Red-capped Plover]], ''Charadrius ruficapillus''
* [[Malaysian Plover]], ''Charadrius peronii''
* [[Chestnut-banded Plover]], ''Charadrius pallidus''
* [[Collared Plover]], ''Charadrius collaris''
* [[Puna Plover]], ''Charadrius alticola''
* [[Double-banded Plover]], ''Charadrius bicinctus''
* [[Two-banded Plover]], ''Charadrius falklandicus''
* [[Lesser Sand Plover]], ''Charadrius mongolus''
* [[Greater Sand Plover]], ''Charadrius leschenaultii''
* [[Caspian Plover]], ''Charadrius asiaticus''
* [[Oriental Plover]], ''Charadrius veredus''
* [[Eurasian Dotterel]], ''Charadrius morinellus''
* [[Rufous-chested Dotterel]], ''Charadrius modestus''
* [[Mountain Plover]], ''Charadrius montanus''
* [[Hooded Plover]], ''Charadrius rubricollis''
* [[Shore Plover]], ''Thinornis novaeseelandiae''
* [[Black-fronted Dotterel]], ''Elseyornis melanops''
* [[Inland Dotterel]], ''Peltohyas australis''
* [[Wrybill]], ''Anarhynchus frontalis''
* [[Diademed Plover]], ''Phegornis mitchellii''
* [[Tawny-throated Dotterel]], ''Oreopholus ruficollis''
Many of the ''Charadrius'' species are characterised by breast bands or collars. These can be (in the adult) complete bands (Ringed, Semipalmated, Little Ringed, Long-billed), double or triple bands (Killdeer, Three-banded, Forbes', Two-banded, Double-banded) or partial collars (Kentish, Piping, Malaysian, Javan, Red-capped, Puna)
==References==
* '''Sangster''', George; Knox, Alan G.; Helbig, Andreas J. & Parkin, David T. (2002): Taxonomic recommendations for European birds. ''[[Ibis (journal)|Ibis]]'' '''144'''(1): 153–159. {{DOI|10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00026.x}} [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00026.x PDF fulltext]
==External links==
*[http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=60 Plover videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
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