Plover 160710 218525092 2008-06-11T00:57:59Z Rosiestep 4564448 hatnote edit {{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 [[Category:Charadriinae|*]] [[da:Hjejler]] [[de:Regenpfeifer]] [[es:Charadriinae]] [[eo:Pluvio]] [[fr:Pluvier]] [[sw:Kitwitwi]] [[lt:Sėjikai]] [[ja:チドリ科]] [[pl:Sieweczki]] [[sv:Strandpipare]] [[zh:鸻属]]