Plover

Plovers
Hooded dotterel (Charadrius cucullatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Charadriidae
Subfamily:	Charadriinae Leach, 1820
Genera
see the table

Plovers (/ˈplʌvər/ PLUV-ər,^[1] also US: /ˈploʊvər/ PLOH-vər)^[2] are members of a widely distributed group of wading birds of family Charadriidae. The term "plover" applies to all the members of the family,^[1] though only about half of them include it in their name.^[1]