Plovers

Breeding Adult. Photo: Mick Thompson/Flickr (CC BY NC 2.0)

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominica

Plovers

Breeding adult. Photo: Mick Thompson/Flickr (CC BY NC 2.0)

Black-bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Plovers

Breeding adult male Common Ringed Plover. Photo: Ekaterina Chernetsova/Audubon Photography Awards

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Plovers

Breeding adult. Photo: Frank Vassen/Filckr (CC BY 2.0)

Eurasian Dotterel

Eudromias morinellus

Plovers

Photo: Silver Leapers/Flickr CC (BY 2.0)

European Golden-Plover

Pluvialis apricaria

Plovers

Adults. Photo: Harry Colquhoun/Audubon Photography Awards

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

Plovers

Breeding adult Mountain Plover. Photo: Ron Knight/Flickr (CC-BY-2.0)

Mountain Plover

Anarhynchus montanus

Plovers

Breeding adult female. Photo: Marthade Jong Langtik/Flickr (CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0)

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

Plovers

Breeding adult female. Photo: Daniel Ramirez/Flickr (CC-BY-2.0)

Pacific Golden-Plover

Pluvialis fulva

Plovers

Non-breeding adult. Photo: Lorraine Minns/Audubon Photography Awards

Priority Bird

Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

Plovers

Juvenile. Photo: Gail Bisson/Audubon Photography Awards

Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatus

Plovers

Non-breeding adult. Photo: UdayKiran28/Wikimedia

Siberian Sand-Plover

Anarhynchus mongolus

Plovers

Molting adult. Photo: Mark Vance/Flickr (CC BY NC 2.0)

Priority Bird

Snowy Plover

Anarhynchus nivosus

Plovers

Adult male Wilson's Plover. Photo: Dennis W. Donohue/Shutterstock

Priority Bird

Wilson's Plover

Anarhynchus wilsonia

Plovers

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