Plovers are a family of birds. There are many different species, or kinds, of plovers.
All of the plovers are shorebirds. They live near water and are generally wading birds.
Plovers usually have short bodies and short, thick necks. Their legs are rather long so they can wade in shallow water. Most types of plovers have three toes.
Plovers make their nests on the ground. Almost always the females lay four spotted eggs that look like pebbles.
Plovers migrate great distances. Some plovers spend the summer on the Arctic shores and fly to the Hawaiian islands or Central or South America during the cold winter weather.
