Plovers (Charadriidae)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) - HBW 3, p. 425
French: Pluvier semipalmé
German: Amerikanischer Sandregenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlitejo Semipalmeado
Other common names: Semipalmated Ringed Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825, coast of New Jersey.
Probably forms superspecies with C. hiaticula, with which sometimes considered conspecific; some hybridization on Baffin I. Monotypic.
Distribution: Alaska and N Canada, S to C British Columbia and S Nova Scotia. Winters on coasts of North and South America, from California to Chile, and from South Carolina to Patagonia; also Bermuda, West Indies, Galapagos.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging on the mud in a brackish swamp. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 26 March 2011 39 weeks ago 41 sec 4.7 -
Two view of an adult foraging in wet sand on the edge of a river estuary. Locality Ventura River Mouth, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 18 October 2008 3 years ago 44 sec 4.5 -
A juvenile walking and pecking at mud Locality San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Michael Grunow 26 August 2006 4 years ago 18 sec 4.2 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage preening Locality Mouth of Lluta River, Lluta River, Arica, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2003 7 years ago 29 sec 4.1 -
A bird foraging on a muddy bank of a brackish swamp. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 26 March 2011 39 weeks ago 27 sec 4 -
A bird running on the beach, eating an earthworm Locality Cape May County, New Jersey, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 17 May 2006 5 years ago 24 sec 4
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Birds on the Lagoon next to the Hotel
Locality Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Stan Mansfield 28 December 2011 18 weeks ago 4.4 -
Climbing mountain
Locality Île aux Basques, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 6 September 2011 37 weeks ago 4.3 -
Resting at a river mouth
Locality Chichiriviche, Vargas State, Venezuela
Alfredo Allais 27 November 2011 25 weeks ago 4.2 -
On kelp
Locality Île aux Basques, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 8 September 2009 37 weeks ago 4.2 -
On rocky shore
Locality Île aux Basques, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 7 September 2011 37 weeks ago 4.2 -
Standing around a small pond
Locality Guánica, Puerto Rico
Bob Thompson 12 January 2010 2 years ago 4.1
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Calls. Locality Icapuí, Ceará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 9 September 2006 3 years ago 3
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