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Charadriidae
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Wikipedia Abstract
The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.
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Charadriidae
Genus
Anarhynchus
(Wry-billed plover)
(1)
Charadrius
(ringed plovers)
(40)
(1)
Dorypaltus
(2)
Elseyornis
(1)
Erythrogonys
(red-kneed dotterel)
(1)
Hoploxypterus
(1)
Jiliniornis
(1)
Nuntius
(1)
Oreopholus
(2)
Peltohyas
(inland dotterel)
(1)
Phegornis
(Diademed sandpiper plover)
(1)
Pluvialis
(golden plovers)
(4)
Thinornis
(dotterels)
(2)
(1)
Vanellus
(lapwings)
(28)
(2)
Viator
(1)
(...) = Species count
(...) = Endangered count
(...) = Invasive count
External References
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via
GBIF.org
on 2023-06-13; License:
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