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45 Species in Family Charadriidae
Nominal species list for Charadriidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Anarhynchus frontalis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758
Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773
Charadrius bicinctus Jardine & Selby, 1827
Charadrius collaris Vieillot, 1818
Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786
Charadrius falklandicus Latham, 1790
Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758
Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, 1826
Charadrius marginatus Vieillot, 1818 White-fronted plover
Charadrius melodus Ord, 1824 Piping plover
Charadrius modestus Lichtenstein, 1823
Charadrius mongolus Pallas, 1776
Charadrius nivosus (Cassin, 1858)
Charadrius obscurus Gmelin, 1789
Charadrius pallidus Strickland, 1852
Charadrius pecuarius Temminck, 1823
Charadrius peronii Schlegel, 1865 Malaysian plover
Charadrius placidus Gray & Gray, 1863
Charadrius ruficapillus Temminck, 1822
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825 Semipalmated plover
Charadrius thoracicus (Richmond, 1896)
Charadrius tricollaris Vieillot, 1818
Charadrius veredus Gould, 1848 Oriental plover
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 Killdeer
Charadrius wilsonia Ord, 1814
Haematopus ater Vieillot & Oudart, 1825
Haematopus bachmani Audubon, 1838 Black oystercatcher
Haematopus chathamensis Hartert, 1927
Haematopus finschi Martens, 1897
Haematopus fuliginosus Gould, 1845
Haematopus leucopodus Garnot, 1826
Haematopus longirostris Vieillot, 1817
Haematopus moquini Bonaparte, 1856
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758
Haematopus palliatus Temminck, 1820
Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pluvialis dominica (Müller, 1776) Lesser golden-plover
Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, 1789) Pacific golden-plover
Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) Grey plover
Recurvirostra americana Gmelin, 1789 American avocet
Thinornis cucullatus (Vieillot, 1818)
Thinornis novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789)
Vanellus gregarius (Pallas, 1771)
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