Plovers

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Category Description:

The family of birds known as Charadriidae includes plovers and lapwings.

  • All About Birds Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus  - Contains information on physical features and behavior. With photos.
  • All About Birds: Plovers and Lapwings  - Guide to species within the US, with identification information, range maps, life histories, and sound and video files. Includes drop down links to other members of the order.
  • Audubon Guides: Killdeer  - Information on Charadrius vociferus, North America's largest ringed plover. Covers description, voice, habitat, range, and similar species.
  • Burke's Backyard: Spur-winged Plovers  - Record of the Australian program visiting Sydney University, where a pair of Spur-winged plovers is nesting.
  • NZBirds: Ngutuparore, the Wrybill  - Illustrated article describing their behaviour and life cycle, plus a description, where to find them, a link to a video, and a taxonomy table.
  • RSPB: Plovers and Lapwings  - Introduction to the lapwings and plovers found in the UK, and the Dotterel. Includes distribution, timings, identification, and behaviour for each of the species.
 
 
 
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