List of Birds of Great Britain - Plovers and Lapwings

Plovers and Lapwings

Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Charadriidae

Small to medium-sized wading birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. There are about 66 species worldwide, 16 in Britain.

Common name	Binomial	Status
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	A breeding summer visitor
Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	A resident breeding species and summer visitor
Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	A rare vagrant
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	A rare vagrant
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	A rare passage migrant, formerly bred
Lesser Sand Plover	Charadrius mongolus	A rare vagrant
Greater Sand Plover	Charadrius leschenaultii	A rare vagrant
Caspian Plover	Charadrius asiaticus	A rare vagrant
Eurasian Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus	A breeding summer visitor
American Golden Plover	Pluvialis dominica	A rare vagrant
Pacific Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva	A rare vagrant
European Golden Plover	Pluvialis apricaria	A winter visitor and passage migrant, scarce breeder
Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	A winter visitor and passage migrant
Sociable Lapwing	Vanellus gregarius	A rare vagrant
White-tailed Lapwing	Vanellus leucurus	A rare vagrant
Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	A resident breeding species