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Black-winged Lapwing
Vanellus melanopterus (Cretzschmar, 1829)
Vanellus melanopterus is a lapwing species distinct from the related Senegal lap…
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vanellus spinosus, the spur-winged lapwing, is a medium-large wader found across…
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis (Molina, 1782)
Vanellus chilensis is the only crested wader in South America, a ground-nesting …
Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus (Linnaeus, 1766)
African wattled lapwing is a large Charadriidae wader that breeds in sub-Saharan…
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus (Burchell, 1822)
Vanellus armatus (blacksmith lapwing) is a boldly patterned African lapwing that…
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783)
Vanellus indicus, the red-wattled lapwing, is a large resident wader widespread …
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783)
Vanellus miles, the masked lapwing, is the largest Charadriidae species with two…
Andean Lapwing
Vanellus resplendens (Tschudi, 1843)
Vanellus resplendens, the Andean lapwing, is a 33 cm long plover found in Andean…
Banded Lapwing
Vanellus tricolor (Vieillot, 1818)
Vanellus tricolor, the banded lapwing, is a medium endemic Australian shorebird …
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus (Blyth, 1842)
Vanellus cinereus, the grey-headed lapwing, is a 34–37 cm long wading bird with …
Black-headed Lapwing
Vanellus tectus (Boddaert, 1783)
Vanellus tectus, the black-headed lapwing, is a distinctive large wader that bre…
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Vanellus coronatus, the crowned lapwing, is a distinctive African lapwing covere…
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus malabaricus (Boddaert, 1783)
Vanellus malabaricus, the yellow-wattled lapwing, is a medium-sized wader found …
Red-kneed Dotterel
Erythrogonys cinctus Gould, 1838
Erythrogonys cinctus, the red-kneed dotterel, is a distinctively marked bird nat…
European Golden-Plover
Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
The European golden plover Pluvialis apricaria is a thickset bird with a distinc…
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pluvialis squatarola, the grey plover, is a medium-sized shorebird with distinct…
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica (P.L.S.Müller, 1776)
Pluvialis dominica (American golden plover) is a migratory shorebird that breeds…
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Pluvialis fulva, the Pacific golden plover, is a migratory shorebird that breeds…
Wrybill
Anarhynchus frontalis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Anarhynchus frontalis (wrybill) is a small New Zealand plover, the only bird wit…
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758
Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758, or the Kentish plover, is a widely distr…
Caspian Plover
Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773
Charadrius asiaticus, the Caspian plover, is a migratory bird that breeds in wes…
Oriental Plover
Charadrius veredus Gould, 1848
Charadrius veredus, the oriental plover, is a long-legged migratory plover that …
Greater Sand-Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii R.Lesson, 1826
Charadrius leschenaultii, the greater sand plover, is a migratory wader covered …
Tawny-throated Dotterel
Oreopholus ruficollis (Wagler, 1829)
The tawny-throated dotterel is a bird species with two distinct subspecies that …
