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Order Species Family Scientific name Breeding subregions Nonbreeding subregions - CHARADRIIFORMES   African Wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus senegallus  AF widespread  American Golden Plover i    Charadriidae    Pluvialis dominica  NA Alaska and n Canada  Andean Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus resplendens  SA Colombia to nw Argentina  Banded Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus tricolor  AU sw, s, se Australia  Black-fronted Dotterel i    Charadriidae    Elseyornis melanops  AU widespread  Black-headed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus tectus  AF e, c, w  Black-winged Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus melanopterus  AF e, se  Blacksmith Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus armatus  AF Angola to Kenya and south to South Africa  Brown-chested Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus superciliosus  AF Nigeria to n DR Congo  Caspian Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius asiaticus  EU sw Russia through Kazakhstan to nw China  Chestnut-banded Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius pallidus  AF s  Collared Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius collaris  MA, SA widespread  Common Ringed Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius hiaticula  EU n, also ne Canada  Crowned Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus coronatus  AF e, s  Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Phegornis mitchellii  SA Peru to sc Chile and Argentina  Double-banded Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius bicinctus  AU widespread  Eurasian Dotterel i U    Charadriidae    Charadrius morinellus  EU n Europe to ne Siberia, nw Alaska  European Golden Plover i    Charadriidae    Pluvialis apricaria  EU Greenland to nc Russia  Forbes's Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius forbesi  AF Senegal and Gambia to South Sudan, Zambia and Angola  Greater Sand Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius leschenaultii  EU c  Grey Plover i    Charadriidae    Pluvialis squatarola  NA, EU n  Grey-headed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus cinereus  EU e Siberia, Japan, ne and e China  Hooded Dotterel (VU)  i    Charadriidae    Thinornis cucullatus  AU s Australia  Inland Dotterel i    Charadriidae    Peltohyas australis  AU Australia  Javan Lapwing (EX)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus macropterus †  OR Java  Javan Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius javanicus  OR Java  Kentish Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius alexandrinus  EU, AF, OR widespread  Killdeer i    Charadriidae    Charadrius vociferus  NA, MA, SA Alaska and c Canada to Peru  Kittlitz's Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius pecuarius  AF widespread  Lesser Sand Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius mongolus  EU c, e  Little Ringed Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius dubius  EU, OR widespread  Long-billed Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius placidus  EU se Siberia, Japan, Koreas, ne and c China  Long-toed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus crassirostris  AF c, e, se  Madagascan Plover (VU)  i U    Charadriidae    Charadrius thoracicus  AF Madagascar  Malaysian Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius peronii  OR Malay Peninsula to Philippines and Lesser Sundas  Masked Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus miles  AU widespread  Mountain Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius montanus  NA wc USA  New Zealand Plover (CR)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius obscurus  AU New Zealand  Northern Lapwing (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus vanellus  EU widespread  Oriental Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius veredus  EU c Siberia to Mongolia and n China  Pacific Golden Plover i    Charadriidae    Pluvialis fulva  EU nc and ne Siberia, also Alaska  Pied Plover i    Charadriidae    Hoploxypterus cayanus  SA e Colombia to se Brazil  Piping Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius melodus  NA e, c  Puna Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius alticola  SA Peru to nw Argentina  Red-capped Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius ruficapillus  AU Australia  Red-kneed Dotterel i    Charadriidae    Erythrogonys cinctus  AU Australia, s New Guinea  Red-wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus indicus  OR widespread, also Middle East  River Lapwing (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus duvaucelii  OR nc India through Southeast Asia  Rufous-chested Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius modestus  SA s Chile and s Argentina, Falkland Is.  Semipalmated Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius semipalmatus  NA Alaska and n Canada  Senegal Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus lugubris  AF se, c, w  Shore Dotterel (EN)  i    Charadriidae    Thinornis novaeseelandiae  AU Chatham Islands  Snowy Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius nivosus  NA, MA, SA c Canada to Panama, Peru to sc Chile  Sociable Lapwing (CR)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus gregarius  EU c Asia  Southern Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus chilensis  MA, SA widespread  Spot-breasted Lapwing i U    Charadriidae    Vanellus melanocephalus  AF Ethiopia  Spur-winged Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus spinosus  EU, AF se Europe and Middle east, Mauritania to Guinea and east to Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania, north to Egypt  St. Helena Plover (VU)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius sanctaehelenae  AO St. Helena Island  Tawny-throated Dotterel i U    Charadriidae    Oreopholus ruficollis  SA w, s  Three-banded Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius tricollaris  AF s, e  Two-banded Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius falklandicus  SA Southern Cone  White-crowned Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus albiceps  AF Senegal to South Sudan and Angola; Tanzania, Zambia to Mozambique and South Africa  White-fronted Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius marginatus  AF widespread  White-tailed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus leucurus  EU sw Asia  Wilson's Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius wilsonia  NA, MA, SA coastal e, sw USA to e Brazil, Peru  Wrybill (VU)  i U    Charadriidae    Anarhynchus frontalis  AU New Zealand  Yellow-wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus malabaricus  OR India 84%   56 species of 67 (1 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide