Plovers (Charadriidae)

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) - HBW 3, p. 424

French: Pluvier argenté German: Kiebitzregenpfeifer Spanish: Chorlito Gris
Other common names: Black-bellied/Silver Plover

Taxonomy: Tringa Squatarola Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Sometimes placed in monospecific genus Squatarola. Monotypic.

Distribution: Arctic Russia, from Kanin Peninsula to Chukotskiy Peninsula and Anadyrskaya; Alaska E to Melville Peninsula and Baffin I. Winters on coasts of North and South America, W Europe, Africa, S Asia, Indonesia and Australia.