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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (68 species) Again? IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Species Family Scientific name Breeding Regions Breeding Subregions Nonbreeding Subregions - CHARADRIIFORMES   African Wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus senegallus  AF inland Sub-Saharan Africa except (c, sw, and s)  American Golden Plover i    Charadriidae    Pluvialis dominica  NA high Arctic to subarctic, Alaska and n, ne Canada; nw, n, e Alaska, Yukon to nc British Columbia e to w Hudson Bay and Baffin I. (ne Canada) coastal se Brazil and inland grassland, Paraguay to ec Argentina and coastal se Argentina  Andean Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus resplendens  SA montane wc Colombia to ne Chile and nw Argentina  Banded Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus tricolor  AU inland Australia (except n, wc) and Tasmania  Black-fronted Dotterel i    Charadriidae    Elseyornis melanops  AU inland Australia, Tasmania and North and South Is. (New Zealand)  Black-headed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus tectus  AF inland Sahel to e Africa  Black-winged Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus melanopterus  AF inland ne to se Africa  Blacksmith Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus armatus  AF inland wc Angola to sc Kenya and s to South Africa  Brown-chested Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus superciliosus  AF inland Nigeria to n DR Congo to Uganda, sw Kenya, nw Tanzania and e DR Congo  Caspian Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius asiaticus  PAL temperate inland c Asia; sw Russia, Kazakhstan (except n), Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to nw Xinjiang (nw China) inland Kenya to sc Africa  Chestnut-banded Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius pallidus  AF inland and coastal e, s Africa  Collared Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius collaris  MA, SA widespread, coastal and riverine Neotropics; coastal Mexico from Sinaloa and s Tamaulipas (but not Yucatan Pen.), coastal Central America, inland around Lake Nicaragua and Panama Canal zone; n Colombia and Venezuela, islands n of Venezuela, Trinidad, nc C  Common Ringed Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius hiaticula  PAL inland high Arctic Palearctic from Greenland to ne Siberia; to temperate Europe to s Europe and Mediterranean, Azores to Cape Verde (Macaronesia, w of nw Africa); n and Sub-Saharan Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and the Mascarenes; Middle East to Persian Gulf region  Crowned Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus coronatus  AF inland ne to s Africa  Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Phegornis mitchellii  SA montane nc Peru and Bolivia to nc Chile and nc Argentina  Double-banded Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius bicinctus  AU North, South, Stewart, Chatham (e of South I.) and Auckland is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) to coastal s, e Australia, Tasmania, Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia) and New Caledonia  Eurasian Dotterel i U    Charadriidae    Charadrius morinellus  PAL high Arctic coastal tundra; alpine zone of temperate Europe and Asia; n British Is., Scandinavia, nw Russia (including Novaya Zemlya and New Siberian Is., n of nw, ne Siberia) to Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Siberia) and w Alaska (including St. Lawrence I., n Beri ne Iberian Pen., n Africa and Middle East to se Iraq and e Arabian Pen.  European Golden Plover i    Charadriidae    Pluvialis apricaria  PAL inland low Arctic (mainly) to temperate zone; ec Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., British Is., n Germany and Denmark, Fennoscandia, Baltic e to Taimyr Pen. (nc Russia) to inland and coastal s Europe, n Africa to Middle East  Forbes's Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius forbesi  AF inland Guinea to South Sudan, Zambia and Angola to nw Uganda  Greater Sand Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius leschenaultii  PAL inland w to ec Asia; Turkey to e Mongolia coastal e, s Africa to s Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto; s Japan), Australia, Melanesia and w Micronesia  Grey Plover i    Charadriidae    Pluvialis squatarola  NA, PAL high (locally low) Arctic coasts and is. (except Ellesmere I., Greenland, Scandinavia and is. from Svalbard to Severnaya Zemlya) Worldwide, temperate to tropical coasts (except remote is.)  Grey-headed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus cinereus  PAL inland Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia (nc, ne China), Honshu to Kyushu (c, s Japan) to ne, s India, through se Asia to Malay Pen., n, s Vietnam and se China  Hooded Dotterel (VU)  i    Charadriidae    Thinornis cucullatus  AU coastal and inland sw WA and coastal sc SA to se NSW (sc, se Australia) and Tasmania  Inland Dotterel i    Charadriidae    Peltohyas australis  AU inland Australia (except n, e, Tasmania)  Javan Lapwing (EX)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus macropterus †  OR Java  Javan Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius javanicus  OR coastal s Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lesser Sundas and w Sulawesi  Kentish Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius alexandrinus  PAL, AF, OR widespread, coastal and inland s Palearctic to ne, s Asia to Sahel of wc to ec Africa through e China, Indonesian Arch. and Philippines  Killdeer i    Charadriidae    Charadrius vociferus  NA, MA, SA inland subarctic to temperate North America to Central America; coastal Ecuador to Peru  Kittlitz's Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius pecuarius  AF widespread inland Sub-Saharan Africa (except c), Nile Valley to Nile Delta, and Madagascar  Lesser Sand Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius mongolus  PAL inland c Asia and Tibetan Plateau; disjunctly e Russia coastal e, s Africa to Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto; s Japan), Australia, Melanesia and w Micronesia  Little Ringed Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius dubius  PAL, OR widespread inland subarctic to tropical zones; Eurasia, Indian subcontinent, se Asia, Philippines, New Guinea and Bismarck Arch. Sub-Saharan wc to ne, ec Africa; Middle East; s, se Asia and Indonesian Arch.  Long-billed Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius placidus  PAL riverine temperate se Siberia, Hokkaido to Kyushu (n to s Japan), n, c Korean Pen., ne, ec China; disjunctly ne India to riverine c Nepal, ne India, s, se China, s Korean Pen., Taiwan, n Thailand and n, c Vietnam  Long-toed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus crassirostris  AF inland wc, e, se Africa  Madagascar Plover (VU)  i U    Charadriidae    Charadrius thoracicus  AF coastal strip w Madagascar (local)  Malaysian Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius peronii  OR coastal Malay Pen. to Philippines (local), Greater and Lesser Sundas and Sulawesi region  Masked Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus miles  AU widespread inland New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand  Mountain Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius montanus  NA inland far s Alberta and sw Saskatchewan (sc Canada) s to ne Utah and w Texas (wc USA) to inland c California, s, Arizona to s Texas (sw, sc USA) and n Baja California, Sonora to Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas (n Mexico)  New Zealand Plover (CR)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius obscurus  AU coastal n North I. and montane Stewart I. (New Zealand)  Northern Lapwing (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus vanellus  PAL widespread inland temperate and subarctic Eurasia; British Is., Scandinavia and Baltic states to Iberian Pen. e through s, c Russia to se Russia and ne China, s through Turkey and Caspian region, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Xinjiang and Inner to n Africa, Arabian Pen., sub-Himalayan n Pakistan and n India, c, s Japan, Korean Pen., e China, Taiwan and n Vietnam  Oriental Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius veredus  PAL temperate inland e Asia; s Tuva and s Transbaikalia (n of Mongolia, sc Siberia), Mongolia (except far w, s) and w Inner Mongolia (nc China) inland and coastal Indonesian Arch. from Java to Lesser Sundas, s New Guinea and nw to nc Australia  Pacific Golden Plover i    Charadriidae    Pluvialis fulva  PAL Arctic mainland Russia and subarctic e Russia and w Alaska; Yamal Pen. (nc Siberia) to Chukotskiy Pen., n Kamchatka and n Sea of Okhotsk (e Siberia), and Wrangel I. (n of ne Siberia); Chukchi and Bering Sea coasts of w Alaska and satellites, including St. coastal Horn of Africa, Indian subcontinent, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., Taiwan, Philippines, New Guinea region, Australia, New Zealand region, Melanesia, Micronesia to e Polynesia; widely vagrant elsewhere  Pied Plover i    Charadriidae    Hoploxypterus cayanus  SA cis-Andean South America from e Colombia and e Ecuador to c Bolivia, ne Paraguay and se Brazil  Piping Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius melodus  NA inland se Alberta to sw Ontario (sc Canada) and Great Lakes s to e Colorado and n Kansas; coastal s Newfoundland (e Canada) to North Carolina coastal sw North Atlantic from North Carolina to Florida, coastal Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan Pen.; Bahamas and Greater Antilles (except Jamaica)  Puna Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius alticola  SA montane c Peru and Bolivia to ne Chile and nw Argentina  Red-capped Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius ruficapillus  AU Timor (e Lesser Sundas), inland and coastal Australia and Tasmania to e Java  Red-kneed Dotterel i    Charadriidae    Erythrogonys cinctus  AU Australia (except sc, Tasmania)  Red-wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus indicus  OR widespread e Turkey, Iraq, ne Arabian Pen., s Turkmenistan, Afghanistan to nw India and Sri Lanka, e to sw China, Malay Pen. and n, s Vietnam  River Lapwing (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus duvaucelii  OR riverine nc India to w Yunnan (sw China), Thailand to n Thai-Malay Pen. and n, s Vietnam  Rufous-chested Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius modestus  SA inland sc Chile, s Argentina and Falkland Is. to coastal s Peru and se Brazil  Semipalmated Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius semipalmatus  NA inland high Arctic to extreme ne Russia and subarctic Alaska and Canada; e Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Russia), c, e Aleutian Is., all Alaskan mainland and nw British Columbia to Banks and Baffin is., s to w James Bay, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia (nw to ne, se C coastal from Oregon and New Jersey (nw, ec USA) s to n Chile and ec Argentina; also Bermuda, throughout West Indies and Galápagos  Senegal Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus lugubris  AF inland s Guinea and s Mali to w Nigeria; Gabon s to wc Angola, e to ne Kenya, s to far ne South Africa  Shore Dotterel (EN)  i    Charadriidae    Thinornis novaeseelandiae  AU South East I. (=Rangatira, Chatham Is., e of South I.); reintroduced to New Zealand satellites  Snowy Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius nivosus  NA, MA, SA coastal Washington to c Baja California (nw Mexico); inland Saskatchewan (irregular; sc Canada) to California and c Texas; coastal Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan Pen.; inland c Mexico; s, c Bahamas to Virgin Is.; Peru to sc Chile to coastal n Central America  Sociable Lapwing (CR)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus gregarius  PAL inland n Kazakhstan and adjacent s Russia (formerly Ukraine to Xinjiang [nw China]) Sudan to Eritrea, Israel, Arabian Pen., c Pakistan and nw India  Southern Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus chilensis  MA, SA widespread inland, Nicaragua to s Chile and s Argentina  Spot-breasted Lapwing i U    Charadriidae    Vanellus melanocephalus  AF montane nc to sc Ethiopia  Spur-winged Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus spinosus  PAL, AF e Greece (se Europe), Turkey, Cyprus, Middle East to sw Iran and Arabian Pen.; Mauritania to Nigeria and e to Eritrea, Somalia, n in Sudan and Egypt to Nile Delta; s to Zambia and Malawi  St. Helena Plover (VU)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius sanctaehelenae  AO St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean)  Tawny-throated Dotterel i U    Charadriidae    Oreopholus ruficollis  SA coastal and inland n Peru to Tierra del Fuego to coastal Uruguay and se Brazil  Three-banded Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius tricollaris  AF inland ne to s Africa and Madagascar  Two-banded Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius falklandicus  SA inland and coastal se Chile, sc, se Argentina, locally nc Argentina and se Brazil; Falkland Is. to coastal Chile, coastal se Brazil  White-crowned Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus albiceps  AF inland Senegal to Liberia and n Angola, e to w South Sudan, nw Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia to Mozambique and ne South Africa  White-faced Plover (DD)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius dealbatus  OR presumably coastal se China; also s Vietnam (1 nest) to coastal s Vietnam, s Thailand, Malay Pen., Singapore and e Sumatra  White-fronted Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius marginatus  AF widespread coastal and inland Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar  White-tailed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus leucurus  PAL inland c Turkey and e Azerbaijan to n Caspian Sea, s Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and nw Afghanistan; s to n Jordan and Persian Gulf to sw Pakistan to Eritrea, n Ethiopia, Sudan; Red Sea and Persian Gulf regions, e to nw, nc India  Wilson's Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius wilsonia  NA, MA, SA coastal temperate to tropical e, sw USA to Caribbean, ec Brazil and Peru  Wrybill (VU)  i U    Charadriidae    Anarhynchus frontalis  AU rivers of South I. (New Zealand) to n North I. (New Zealand)  Yellow-wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus malabaricus  OR s Indus Valley (sc Pakistan), inland India to c Assam (except far n, ne), s Nepal, and Sri Lanka 88%   59 species of 68 (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) PAL 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