Species profile
Pied Plover
Hoploxypterus cayanus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are SA. Breeding subregions are cis-Andean South America from e Colombia and e Ecuador to c Bolivia, ne Paraguay and se Brazil.
- Scientific name
- Hoploxypterus cayanus
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Hoploxypterus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Pied Plover in your journal
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Related species in Charadriidae
- Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
- Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- Black-banded Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
- black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
- Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
- Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
- Blacksmith lapwing, Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus)