Plover

For other uses, see Plover (disambiguation).

Plovers
Hooded dotterel (Charadrius cucullatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Subfamily: Charadriinae
Leach, 1820
Genera

see the table

Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius
Kentish plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
Lesser sand plover, Anarhynchus mongolus
Snowy plover, on the beach at Vandenberg, CA

Plovers (/ˈplʌvər/ PLUV-ər,[1] also US: /ˈploʊvər/ PLOH-vər)[2] are members of a widely distributed group of wading birds of family Charadriidae. The term "plover" applies to all the members of the family,[1] though only about half of them include it in their name.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "plover". Lexico.
  2. ^ "Definition of plover | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2022-02-14.