Oreopholus

{{short description|Genus of bird}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis) (15336764294) (cropped).jpg

| image_caption=Tawny-throated dotterel (Oreopholus ruficollis)

| taxon = Oreopholus

| authority = Jardine & Selby, 1835

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Oreopholus ruficollis
• †Oreopholus orcesi

}}

Oreopholus is a genus of bird belonging to the family Charadriidae. The tawny-throated dotterel (Oreopholus ruficollis) is the only extant species, although another species, Oreopholus orcesi, is known from the Late Pleistocene of Ecuador.{{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=K.E. Jr. |title=The Late Pleistocene Avifauna of La Carolina, Southwestern Ecuador |journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |date=1976 |volume=27 |pages=155–168|doi=10.5479/si.00810266.27.155 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/352136 }}