Plover

Plovers
Common ringed plover
(Charadrius hiaticula), Norway
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Subfamily: Charadriinae
Leach, 1820
Genera
See table
Kentish plover, Cyprus
Little ringed plover, Norway
Greater sand plover, Thailand
Pacific golden plover, Cook Islands
Pied plover, Brazil
White-fronted plover, Mozambique
Three-banded plover, Botswana
Madagascar plover, Madagascar

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

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