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O. Charadriiformes      F. Charadriidae: Plovers & Lapwings
Charadrius:
Common Ringed Plover
Killdeer

Hoploxypterus:
Pied Plover

Pluvialis:
Black-Bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Vanellus (Lapwings)
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Southern Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing
Common Ringed Plover

Common Ringed Plover
("Sandregenpfeifer")
Charadrius hiaticula
Wallnau Reserver, Fehmarn Island, Germany
14 May 2003

(no, ignore the Little Terns, look right in the center of the photo...)

Killdeer (performing broken-wing display)
Charadrius vociferus
Finley NWR, Oregon
15 May 2005

Pied Plover
Hoploxypterus cayanus
Rio Napo island near Sani Lodge
Ecuador
10 April 2008
Black-Bellied Plover

Black-Bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Salton Sea, CA
21 March 2003

[="Grey Plover" in Europe - "Kiebitzregenpfeifer"]

Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Smith's Tropical Paradise, Kauai, HI
22 March 2004

 

Blacksmith Plover (Lapwing)
Vanellus armatus
Rd to Nieuwoudtville, South Africa
26 August 2007

Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
Boulders Beach, Cape Town
South Africa
15 September 2007

Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
San Vicente area road, Llanos, Venezuela
21 December 2004

White-crowned Lapwing
Vanellus albiceps
Olifants River bridge, Kruger NP
South Africa
6 September 2007