Editing Plover (section)

{{short description|Family of birds}}
{{other uses|Plover (disambiguation)}}
{{automatic taxobox
| name = Plovers
| image = Thinornis rubricollis - Orford.jpg
| image_caption = [[Hooded dotterel]] (''Charadrius cucullatus'')
| taxon = Charadriinae
| authority = [[William Elford Leach|Leach]], 1820
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]]
| subdivision = see the table
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[[File:Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) W IMG 0104.jpg|thumb|Little ringed plover ''[[Charadrius dubius]]'' ]]
[[File:Kentish plover I2 IMG 9384.jpg|thumb|Kentish plover ''[[Anarhynchus alexandrinus]]'' ]]
[[File:Lesser Sand Ploverwith Sanderling I IMG 9382.jpg|thumb|[[Lesser sand plover]], ''Anarhynchus mongolus'' ]]
[[File:Plover at Vandenberg beach.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Snowy plover]], on the beach at Vandenberg, CA]]

'''Plovers''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|ʌ|v|ər}} {{respell|PLUV|ər}},<ref name=":0">{{cite dictionary|dictionary=[[Lexico]]|title=plover|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/plover|access-date=2022-01-18|archive-date=2022-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510233455/https://www.lexico.com/definition/plover|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{small|also}} {{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|p|l|oʊ|v|ər}} {{respell|PLOH|vər}})<ref>{{Cite web|title=Definition of plover {{!}} Dictionary.com|url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/plover|access-date=2022-02-14|website=www.dictionary.com|language=en}}</ref> are members of a widely distributed group of [[wader|wading]] [[bird]]s of subfamily '''Charadriinae'''. The term "plover" applies to all the members of the subfamily,<ref name=":0" /> though only about half of them include it in their name.<ref name=":0" />