page_title: List of birds of Iowa
section_title: Lapwings and plovers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Iowa / Lapwings and plovers
caption_attribution_description: Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), Amistad National Recreational Area, Del Rio, Texas, USA
context_page_description: This list of birds of Iowa includes species documented in the U.S. state of Iowa and accepted by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. As of July 2020, there are 430 species included in the official list. Of them, 92 are classed as accidental, 25 are classed as casual, eight have been introduced to North America, three are extinct, and one has been extirpated.
  Only birds that are considered to have established, self-sustaining, wild populations in Iowa are included on this list. This means that birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free in Iowa, are not included.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  The following codes are used to designate some species:
  Accidental - "seen once to several times, but less than 4 of last 10 years" per the IOU
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. Six species have been recorded in Iowa.
  Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola
  American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica
  Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus
  Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus
  Piping plover, Charadrius melodus
  Snowy plover, Charadrius nivosus (C)
caption: Killdeer
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