THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Charadriidae · Clear filter
48 records · page 1 of 1
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| WrybillAnarhynchus frontalis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tibetan Sand PloverCharadrius atrifrons Wagler, 1829 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Double-banded PloverCharadrius bicinctus Jardine & Selby, 1827 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Collared PloverCharadrius collaris Vieillot, 1818 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Two-banded PloverCharadrius falklandicus Latham, 1790 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forbes's PloverCharadrius forbesi (Shelley, 1883) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan PloverCharadrius javanicus Chasen, 1938 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-banded PloverCharadrius pallidus Strickland, 1853 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malaysian PloverCharadrius peronii Schlegel, 1865 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-billed PloverCharadrius placidus J. E. Gray & G. R. Gray, 1863 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillus Temminck, 1821 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-banded PloverCharadrius thoracicus (Richmond, 1896) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| KilldeerCharadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia Ord, 1814 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-fronted DotterelElseyornis melanops (Vieillot, 1818) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-kneed DotterelErythrogonys cinctus Gould, 1838 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pied LapwingHoploxypterus cayanus (Latham, 1790) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Inland DotterelPeltohyas australis (Gould, 1841) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diademed PloverPhegornis mitchellii (Fraser, 1845) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hooded DotterelThinornis cucullatus (Vieillot, 1818) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shore DotterelThinornis novaeseelandiae (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis (Molina, 1782) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus (Blyth, 1842) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| River LapwingVanellus duvaucelii (R. Lesson, 1826) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius (Pallas, 1771) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris (R. Lesson, 1826) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan LapwingVanellus macropterus (Wagler, 1827) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus (Boddaert, 1783) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spot-breasted LapwingVanellus melanocephalus (Rüppell, 1845) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus (Cretzschmar, 1829) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean LapwingVanellus resplendens (Tschudi, 1843) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus (Linnaeus, 1766) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-chested LapwingVanellus superciliosus (Reichenow, 1886) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus (Boddaert, 1783) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded LapwingVanellus tricolor (Vieillot, 1818) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.