Plovers | |
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Hooded dotterel (Charadrius cucullatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Charadriidae |
Subfamily: | Charadriinae Leach, 1820 |
Genera | |
see the table |
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]