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O. Charadriiformes      F. Charadriidae: Plovers & Lapwings
Charadrius:
Common Ringed Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Killdeer
Madagascar Plover

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...)

Kittlitz's Plover
Charadrius pecuarius

roadside, Toliara
Madagascar
26 August 2009

Madagascar Plover
Charadrius thoracicus

between Mangily and Toliar
Madagascar
27 August 2009

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