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.
- Least Concern
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An adult in basic plumage foraging around a rock at low tide Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2007 2 years ago 21 sec 4.5 -
Female in breeding plumage coming back to the nest in the tundra, then incubating and leaving Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 2 July 2008 1 year ago 40 sec 4.4 -
An adult in winter plumage walking slowly on the mud Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Bob Thompson 31 December 1999 3 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A bird fighting with a crab and finally eating it Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina, USA (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 11 October 2007 2 years ago 25 sec 4.2 -
An adult in basic plumage standing on a shoreline rock Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2007 2 years ago 21 sec 4.2 -
An adult in basic plumage, feeding near the sea Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2004 3 years ago 14 sec 4.1
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Blending into the rocky flats along the shore Indian Point Park, San Patricio County, Texas, USA
Erik Breden 27 August 2009 10 weeks ago 4 -
Winter Plumage Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 8 February 2010 6 weeks ago 3.8 -
Juvenile Caimare Chico, Zulia, Venezuela
kperezleon 7 September 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
An adult male in breeding plumage in the snowy tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 17 June 2008 1 year ago 3.5 -
Summer plumage Al Khor, Qatar
John A Thompson 27 September 2009 6 weeks ago 3.2 -
A standing bird close the water. Jiayi County, Taiwan
alder 7 February 2008 1 year ago 3
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One call during migratory flight. Forêt de Sénart, France
(Monotypic species)
Julien Rochefort 1 October 2007 34 weeks ago 4
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