Charadriinae

thumb|Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius thumb|Kentish plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus thumb|Lesser sand plover, Anarhynchus mongolus thumb|upright|Snowy plover, on the beach at Vandenberg, CA

Plovers ( , ) are members of a widely distributed group of wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae. The term "plover" applies to all the members of the subfamily, though only about half of them include it in their name.