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.
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Nonbreeding plumage.Several couples of this species are seen in this island in spring and summer (migrant fron northern hemisphe Locality Comandatuba Island, Una, Bahia State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 20 March 2012 14 weeks ago 42 sec 3.8 -
Bird on the beach.A couple in this place. Locality Comandatuba Island, Una, Bahia State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 20 March 2012 17 weeks ago 48 sec 3.8 -
An individual feeding. Locality Ebro Delta, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 5 December 2011 1 year ago 36 sec 3.8 -
Five birds of a larger group, preening in shallow water at high tide Locality Dry Creek Saltfields, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 14 June 2006 6 years ago 27 sec 3.7 -
A bird on a beach, Campeche, Mexico Locality Campeche State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 3.7 -
A bird at the beach Locality Senegal
Juan Sanabria 20 January 2010 2 years ago 36 sec 3.7
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Winter Plumage Profile View
Locality University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, USA (United States)
Justin Watts 2 years ago 3.6 -
On a beach
Locality Providencia Island, San Andrés y Providencia Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 11 April 2012 1 year ago 3.6 -
Bird on the beach. Foraging.A couple in this place.
Locality Comandatuba Island, Una, Bahia State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 18 March 2012 17 weeks ago 3.5 -
an individual with T. semipalmata
Locality Estero Real River, Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 21 November 2012 23 weeks ago 3.5 -
Black-bellied Plover in winter plumage foraging along the waterline on a beach with a strong surf
Locality Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
Ian Barker 18 November 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
Juvenile
Locality Caimare Chico, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 7 September 2008 3 years ago 3.5
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One call during migratory flight. Locality Forêt de Sénart, France
(Monotypic species)
Julien Rochefort 1 October 2007 3 years ago 4
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