Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (67 species) Again?
IUCN and region codes at bottom of page.
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 | s SA |
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 DRCongo | |
Caspian Plover i | Charadriidae | Charadrius asiaticus | EU : sw Russia through Kazakhstan to nw China | AF |
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 | sw EU, AF |
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 | n AF |
European Golden Plover i | Charadriidae | Pluvialis apricaria | EU : Greenland to nc Russia | s Europe, n AF |
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 | AF, OR, AU |
Grey Plover i | Charadriidae | Pluvialis squatarola | NA, EU : n | worldwide |
Grey-headed Lapwing i | Charadriidae | Vanellus cinereus | EU : e Siberia, Japan, ne and e China | OR |
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 | AF, OR, AU |
Little Ringed Plover i | Charadriidae | Charadrius dubius | EU, OR : widespread | AF |
Long-billed Plover i | Charadriidae | Charadrius placidus | EU : se Siberia, Japan, Koreas, ne and c China | Southeast Asia |
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 | sw USA, n Mexico |
New Zealand Plover (CR) i | Charadriidae | Charadrius obscurus | AU : New Zealand | |
Northern Lapwing (NT) i | Charadriidae | Vanellus vanellus | EU : widespread | n AF |
Oriental Plover i | Charadriidae | Charadrius veredus | EU : c Siberia to Mongolia and n China | Greater Sundas to Australia |
Pacific Golden Plover i | Charadriidae | Pluvialis fulva | EU : nc and ne Siberia, also Alaska | OR, AU |
Pied Plover i | Charadriidae | Hoploxypterus cayanus | SA : e Colombia to se Brazil | |
Piping Plover (NT) i | Charadriidae | Charadrius melodus | NA : e, c | se USA, Mexico |
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 | s NA, LA |
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 | n India, ne AF |
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 | n India, ne AF |
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).
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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.
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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 |
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