Back Kiewiete Afrikaans زقزاقاوات Arabic জিরিয়া Bengali/Bangla Morlivid Breton Hjejler Danish Pluvio Esperanto Charadriinae Spanish سلیم Persian Charadriinae Finnish Pluvier French
| Plovers | |
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| Hooded dotterel (Charadrius cucullatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Subfamily: | Charadriinae Leach, 1820 |
| Genera | |
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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]