#charadriidae

[herpsandbirds]

Wilson's Plover (Anarhynchus wilsonia), chicks, family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes, FL, USA

photographs by Igor Marach

[snototter]

A European golden plover chick (Pluvialis apricaria) disguised amongst the moss in Finland

by Turo Tuomikoski

[birdblues]

Piping Plover

[michaelnordeman]

Northern Lapwing/tofsvipa. Värmland, Sweden (17 June 2026).

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

southern lapwing! they have little spikes on theyre wings.. theyre so spooky theyre also called "quero-quero" in portuguese! meaning "want-want" because that's what it sounds like theyre saying (altough i dont really hear it lol)

Have you seen the southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onFeb 27

As the requester said, these are commonly called quero-quero in Brazil. They are also known as tero in Argentina and Uruguay, tero-tero in Paraguay, and queltehue in Chile!

[iridescent-wildlife]

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) sitting on some ice. Family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes.

Splish splash he was taking a bath

Oklahoma, USA. May 2020.

[tbalderdash-art-blog]

Wanted to draw my favourite bird with the ace flag, looked on one of my photos of them flying and the shadow under the wing made it look like the top three stripes of the ace flag.

[ornithological]

northern lapwing (vanellus vanellus) chick, ireland