Plovers (Charadriidae)
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) - HBW 3, p. 426
French: Pluvier de Wilson
German: Wilsonregenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlitejo Piquigrueso
Other common names: Thick-billed Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius wilsonia Ord, 1814, shore of Cape May, New Jersey.
Birds breeding on Bahamas and Greater Antilles sometimes separated as fourth subspecies rufinucha. Three subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- wilsonia Ord, 1814 - E USA to E Mexico and Belize, Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and N Lesser Antilles; winters S to E Brazil.
- beldingi (Ridgway, 1919) - Pacific coast from Baja California to Panama and Ecuador, ranging S to C Peru.
- cinnamominus (Ridgway, 1919) - Colombia to French Guiana; also Netherlands Antilles, islands off Venezuela, Trinidad, Grenada and Mustique.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird walking and feeding in a flooded area Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp wilsonia)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 8 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage calling and stretching its wings, then being joined by a Turnstone before flying away Locality Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp wilsonia)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2006 5 years ago 36 sec 4.4 -
A group of birds on the ground, walking and flying away Locality Playa de Cocos, San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp beldingi)
Eldert Groenewoud 26 February 2007 5 years ago 18 sec 3.9 -
A flying flock mixed with Sanderling and Snowy Plover Locality Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp nivosus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2006 5 years ago 32 sec 3.9 -
A bird on a trail Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp wilsonia)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 8 years ago 21 sec 3.8 -
birds hiding on a sandbank at Bahia de Los Angeles - a few Kentish Plovers in the back are running quickly away Locality Baja California State, Mexico (Northern)
Thore Noernberg 13 February 2013 8 weeks ago 8 sec 3.8
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Adult, non-breeding
Locality Bunche Beach Preserve (San Carlos Bay), Lee County, Florida, USA (United States)
Paul Cools 9 February 2010 28 weeks ago 4.3 -
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia), chick, first breeding evidence in Nicaragua
Locality Salinas Grandes, León Department, Nicaragua
Manfred Bienert 5 June 2011 28 weeks ago 4.3 -
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia), chick, first breeding evidence in Nicaragua
Locality Salinas Grandes, León Department, Nicaragua
Manfred Bienert 5 June 2011 28 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Bahamas
Peregrinesbirdblog 13 March 2010 3 years ago 4.2 -
A bird standing on the beach.
Locality Florida, USA (United States) (ssp wilsonia)
Evan Buck 11 December 2012 8 weeks ago 4 -
in a coastal lagoon
Locality Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 41 weeks ago 4
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Call of a pair near the nest. Locality Barroquinha, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp brasiliensis )
Ciro Albano 19 May 2006 4 years ago 3
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