page_title: List of birds of Egypt
section_title: Plovers and lapwings
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Egypt / Plovers and lapwings
caption_attribution_description: Pluvialis squatarola, delta sine saloum (SE).
context_page_description: This is a list of the species of birds found in Egypt, a country in north-east Africa. The avifauna of Egypt include a total of 494 species of birds. No species are endemic to Egypt.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. All of the birds below are included in the total bird count for Egypt.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Egypt
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Egypt as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Egypt although populations exist elsewhere
  (X) Extinct - a species or subspecies that no longer exists.
context_section_description: Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae
  The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.
  Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola
  European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria
  Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva
  Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus; Ancient Egyptian: its hieroglyph mostly used to denote rxt 'common folk, subjects'; also once its head follows the word (i)3by.t 'dancer' (cfr. Eng.: lapwing = leap-wing
  Spur-winged plover, Vanellus spinosus
  Sociable lapwing, Vanellus gregarius
  White-tailed lapwing, Vanellus leucurus
  Lesser sand-plover, Charadrius mongolus
  Greater sand-plover, Charadrius leschenaultii
  Caspian plover, Charadrius asiaticus
  Kittlitz's plover, Charadrius pecuarius
  Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus
  Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula
  Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius
  Three-banded plover, Charadrius tricollaris
  Eurasian dotterel, Charadrius morinellus
caption: A black-bellied plover
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