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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Genus Charadrius       IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Order Species Family Scientific name Breeding subregions Nonbreeding subregions - CHARADRIIFORMES   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  Double-banded Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius bicinctus  AU widespread  Eurasian Dotterel i U    Charadriidae    Charadrius morinellus  EU n Europe to ne Siberia, nw Alaska  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  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  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  Mountain Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius montanus  NA wc USA  New Zealand Plover (CR)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius obscurus  AU New Zealand  Oriental Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius veredus  EU c Siberia to Mongolia and n China  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  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  Snowy Plover (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius nivosus  NA, MA, SA c Canada to Panama, Peru to sc Chile  St. Helena Plover (VU)  i    Charadriidae    Charadrius sanctaehelenae  AO St. Helena Island  Three-banded Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius tricollaris  AF s, e  Two-banded Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius falklandicus  SA Southern Cone  White-fronted Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius marginatus  AF widespread  Wilson's Plover i    Charadriidae    Charadrius wilsonia  NA, MA, SA coastal e, sw USA to e Brazil, Peru 87%   27 species of 31 (0 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