Charadriidae
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The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. The family contains 69 species that are divided into 12 genera.
Snowy Plover Morro Strand
Vanellus
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Vanellus is the genus of waders which provisionally contains all lapwings except red-kneed dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus. The name "vanellus" is Latin for "little fan", vanellus being the diminutive
Charadriidae
…Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae Leach, 1820 Genera Pluvialis Oreopholus Hoploxypterus Phegornis Zonibyx Eudromias Charadrius Thinornis Vanellus Erythrogonys Peltohyas Anarhynchus The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. The family contains 69 species that are…
Vanellus miles novaehollandiae
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Spur-winged lapwing
Black-headed lapwing