#family_Charadriidae__Charadriidae plover family
supertype: bird_family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
member of: suborder_Charadrii
member: plover any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
member: genus_Charadrius__Charadrius type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers
member: piping_plover__Charadrius_melodus small plover of eastern North America
member: killdeer_plover__killdeer__kildeer__Charadrius_vociferus American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
member: dotterel__dotrel__Charadrius_morinellus__Eudromias_morinellus rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
member: genus_Pluvialis__Pluvialis golden plovers
member: golden_plover plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots
member: genus_Vanellus__Vanellus Eurasian lapwings
member: lapwing__green_plover__greenplover__peewit__pewit large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
member: genus_Arenaria__Arenaria turnstones
member: turnstone migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food
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