Shorebirds Plovers

• Dotterels
• Golden
• Lapwings

• Animal Diversity: Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  - Offers pictures, sounds, classification, range and habitat, reproduction, diet and feeding behavior, communication, predation, and status.
• Animal Diversity: Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)  - Gives distribution, habitat, reproduction, nesting, migration, diet and feeding habits, behavior, ecosystem roles, and conservation status.
• ARKive.org: Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)  - Features classification, status, range and habitat, images, related species, appearance, glossary, and conservation details.
• Audubon: Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)  - WatchList entry reviews physical appearance, past and current distribution, causes of decline, territories, predators, threats, and what to do. Includes status and population trends.
• Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)  - Lists what it looks like, where it lives, what it does, trivia, facts and figures, and conservation status. From Birds in Backyards.
• Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)  - Animal Diversity Web covers images, breeding grounds, habitat, physical characteristics, reproductive features, behaviors, diet and hunting, status, and subspecies.
• Kittlitz's Sand Plover (Charadrius pecuarius)  - Animal Diversity provides geographic range, habitat, behavior, food habits, economic impact, reproduction, known predators, and ecosystem roles.
• Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)  - Combines status, population count, and range map with description, locations, trends, habitat, breeding, threats, conservation, and programs to join.
• Oriental Plover(Charadrius veredus)  - Gives description, map, images, behavior, calls, status, associated plants, distribution, habitat, and interaction with humans.
• Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)  - Species information from ARKive.org looks at classification, size, status, appearance, locations, nesting habitat, biology, and threats.
• WatchList: Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)  - From Audubon, furnishes status, range map, identification tips, locations, population trends, ecology, threats, conservation, and ways to help.