Charadrius hiaticula. Semipalmated Plover. Regular transient throughout state, often fairly common.
Subspecies in Kansas: C. h. semipalmatus Bonaparte.
Charadrius melodus. Piping Plover. Rare transient. Three specimens from Douglas County, March and April, and a female (KU 15492) from Little Salt Marsh, Stafford County, July 16, 1925, T. E. White. Nests in Nebraska, south at least to Lincoln; observers in north-central Kansas should watch for possible breeding birds.
Subspecies in Kansas: C. m. circumcinctus (Ridgway).
* Charadrius alexandrinus. Snowy Plover. Summer resident on salt plains of Clark, Comanche, Stafford, Barton, and probably other counties. Breeding range in Kansas poorly known. One definite nesting record: adults with young, and one nest with 3 eggs, Comanche County, June 18, 1886, Goss. One female (KU 7787), from Lawrence, Douglas County, April 22, 1909, L. L. Dyche.
Subspecies in Kansas: C. a. tenuirostris (Lawrence).
* Charadrius vociferus. Killdeer. Common transient and summer resident throughout state. Occasional winter resident.
Subspecies in Kansas: C. v. vociferus Linnaeus.
* Eupoda montana (Townsend). Mountain Plover. Summer resident in High Plains of western Kansas, but current status poorly known. Many specimens from west and one positive breeding record: two half-grown, partly downy males (KU 5512, 5513), 5 miles south of Tribune, Greeley County, June 21, 1911, Bunker and Rocklund.
No subspecies recognized.