鸻属（学名Charadrius，鸻：音同“恒”）是鸻形目鸻科中的一个属，均为涉禽，广泛分布于世界各地。

鸻属鸟的喙部较短，主要以昆虫、蠕虫和其他无脊椎动物为食。

主要包括以下种类：

Charadrius is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds. They are found throughout the world.

Many of the Charadrius species are characterised by breast bands or collars. These can be (in the adult) complete bands (ringed, semipalmated, little ringed, long-billed), double or triple bands (killdeer, three-banded, Forbes', two-banded, double-banded) or partial collars (Kentish, piping, snowy, Malaysian, Javan, red-capped, puna).