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This list is based on the IOC WorldBirdNames classification ver 2.10 (2011)

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1. Northern Lapwing   Vanellus vanellus
2. Long-toed Lapwing   Vanellus crassirostris
3. Blacksmith Lapwing   Vanellus armatus
4. Spur-winged Lapwing   Vanellus spinosus
5. River Lapwing   Vanellus duvaucelii
6. Black-headed Lapwing   Vanellus tectus
7. Yellow-wattled Lapwing   Vanellus malabaricus
8. White-crowned Lapwing   Vanellus albiceps
9. Senegal Lapwing   Vanellus lugubris
10. Black-winged Lapwing   Vanellus melanopterus
11. Crowned Lapwing   Vanellus coronatus
12. African Wattled Lapwing   Vanellus senegallus
13. Spot-breasted Lapwing   Vanellus melanocephalus
14. Brown-chested Lapwing   Vanellus superciliosus
15. Grey-headed Lapwing   Vanellus cinereus
16. Red-wattled Lapwing   Vanellus indicus
17. Javan Lapwing   Vanellus macropterus
18. Banded Lapwing   Vanellus tricolor
19. Masked Lapwing   Vanellus miles
20. Sociable Lapwing   Vanellus gregarius
21. White-tailed Lapwing   Vanellus leucurus
22. Southern Lapwing   Vanellus chilensis
23. Andean Lapwing   Vanellus resplendens
24. Red-kneed Dotterel   Erythrogonys cinctus
25. Inland Dotterel   Peltohyas australis
26. Wrybill   Anarhynchus frontalis
27. European Golden Plover   Pluvialis apricaria
28. Pacific Golden Plover   Pluvialis fulva
29. American Golden Plover   Pluvialis dominica
30. Grey Plover   Pluvialis squatarola
31. New Zealand Plover   Charadrius obscurus
32. Common Ringed Plover   Charadrius hiaticula
33. Semipalmated Plover   Charadrius semipalmatus
34. Long-billed Plover   Charadrius placidus
35. Little Ringed Plover   Charadrius dubius
36. Wilson’s Plover   Charadrius wilsonia
37. Killdeer   Charadrius vociferus
38. Piping Plover   Charadrius melodus
39. Madagascar Plover   Charadrius thoracicus
40. Kittlitz’s Plover   Charadrius pecuarius
41. St. Helena Plover   Charadrius sanctaehelenae
42. Three-banded Plover   Charadrius tricollaris
43. Forbes’s Plover   Charadrius forbesi
44. White-fronted Plover   Charadrius marginatus
45. Kentish Plover   Charadrius alexandrinus
46. Snowy Plover   Charadrius nivosus
47. Javan Plover   Charadrius javanicus
48. Red-capped Plover   Charadrius ruficapillus
49. Malaysian Plover   Charadrius peronii
50. Chestnut-banded Plover   Charadrius pallidus
51. Collared Plover   Charadrius collaris
52. Puna Plover   Charadrius alticola
53. Two-banded Plover   Charadrius falklandicus
54. Double-banded Plover   Charadrius bicinctus
55. Lesser Sand Plover   Charadrius mongolus
56. Greater Sand Plover   Charadrius leschenaultii
57. Caspian Plover   Charadrius asiaticus
58. Oriental Plover   Charadrius veredus
59. Eurasian Dotterel   Charadrius morinellus
60. Rufous-chested Plover   Charadrius modestus
61. Mountain Plover   Charadrius montanus
62. Hooded Dotterel   Thinornis rubricollis
63. Shore Dotterel   Thinornis novaeseelandiae
64. Black-fronted Dotterel   Elseyornis melanops
65. Tawny-throated Dotterel   Oreopholus ruficollis
66. Diademed Plover   Phegornis mitchellii
67. Pied Plover   Hoploxypterus cayanus