General names
This list should be regarded as being 'in beta'. Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Pronunciation still needs fine-tuning. Comments and corrections welcome.
The plovers are known in Mongolian as Сүвээ цагаан süvee tsagaan meaning 'white side', mainly applied to the Pluvialinae, or Хиазат khiazat, with a meaning of 'lace' or 'inlay', mainly applied to the Charadriinae.
The lapwings are known as Хавтгаалж khavtgaalj or Хавтгалж khavtgalj (although at least one dictionary gives the meaning of this as 'snipe').
Regularised names:
The 2007 official list tidies up the assignment of names to genera according to the following (the Mongolian list has several genera not distinguished in Howard and Moore):
| Genus | Old | New |
| Vanellus (Lapwings) | Xавтгаалж khavtgaalj | Хавтгаалж khavtgaalj |
| Microsarcops (Lapwings) | Xавтгаалж khavtgaalj | Зуунхурга zuunhurg |
| Chettusia (Lapwings) | Xавтгаалж khavtgaalj | Хавтгалж khavtgalj |
| Pluvialis (Plovers) | Сүвээ цагаан süvee tsagaan; Хавтгаалжин khavtgaaljin |
Сүвээцагаан süvee-tsagaan |
| Charadrius (Plovers) | Хиазат khiazat; Сүвээ цагаан süvee tsagaan |
Хиазат khiazat |
| Eudromius (Plovers) | Сүвээ цагаан süvee tsagaan | Цагаанхиазат tsagaan-khiazat |
The most striking feature is the division of the lapwings into three genera. Besides the creation of a new name (Зуунхурга zuunhurg 'hundred lambs') for one genus, the list attempts to use a minor linguistic variation between Xавтгаалж khavtgaalj and Xавтгалж khavtgalj to draw a formal distinction between genera.
Species names
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Notes
Sibley and Monroe combine the Charadriidae (plovers and lapwings) with the Recurvirostridae into a larger family of Charadriidae.


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