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title: "Pied Plover"
description: "Hoploxypterus cayanus — Aves. The pied plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus), also known as the pied lapwing, is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pied-plover
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pied Plover

> Hoploxypterus cayanus — Aves. The pied plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus), also known as the pied lapwing, is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae.

- Scientific name: *Hoploxypterus cayanus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1390
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505533](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505533)

## Names

- en: Pied Plover
- de: Cayennekiebitz
- es: Avefría de Cayena
- fr: Pluvier de Cayenne

## Countries with the most observations

BR (763), PE (204), EC (115), CO (103), BO (73), GY (66), VE (20), GF (6), PY (4)

## Summary

The pied plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus), also known as the pied lapwing, is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is a bird of least concern according to the IUCN and can be found in northern South America. The species name cayanus refers to Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana, where the pied plover can be found.
There is confusion around its common name. Historically, the pied plover was considered to be a plover, which is a bird part of the subfamily  Charadriinae. Most recently, it has been moved to the subfamily Vanellinae, which are the lapwings. The pied plover is still referred to as a plover because…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_plover

## Photo

![Pied Plover](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pied-plover/medium.jpg)

Photo: johndev · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180764932

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pied-plover?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).