The dotterel or Eurasian dotterel (Eudromias morinellus) is a species of plover found in the Northern Hemisphere.
Dotterel may also refer to other plovers: Banded dotterel or Double-banded plover (Anarhynchus bicinctus) Black-fronted dotterel (Thinornis melanops) Hooded dotterel (Thinornis cucullatus) Inland dotterel (Peltohyas australis) New Zealand dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus) Red-kneed dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) Shore dotterel (Thinornis novaeseelandiae) Tawny-throated dotterel (Oreopholus ruficollis)
Other uses Dotterel (1817 ship), launched in British India, wrecked in 1827
See also Doterel (disambiguation) Dotterel filefish (Aluterus heudelotii), an Atlantic fish