Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Texas Status Threatened U.S. Status Threatened, Listed 1/10/1986 Description The piping plover is a small shore bird, about 7 1/4 inches long with a 15 inch wingspan.
Piping Plover
PIPING PLOVER
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Song: Piping Plover song.
Migration: Summers along major rivers in the Great Plains of the U.S. and southern Canada, as well as Great Lakes and Atlantic Seaboard beaches. Winters along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small, endangered shorebird, which nests on lakeshores, dunes, ...
Piping plovers and their eggs blend in very well with the sand, which is good camouflage from predators, but it can put them in danger of being stepped on by humans. In some areas, the piping plover is endangered.
Piping Plover populations declined primarily as a result of unrestricted hunting in the 1800s then rebounded following the effects of legislative protection from the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918.
Piping plovers eat crustaceans, mollusks, larvae, beetles, and other invertebrates which they extract from the sand of Assateague's beaches. The Atlantic Coast Population of Piping Plovers is estimated to be about 1,372 breeding pairs.
Piping Plovers are generally 17 to 18 cm (7 in.) long.
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Piping Plover Behaviour
No observations regarding Piping Plover behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Piping Plovers ...
Piping Plover
(Charadrius melodus)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 1988
This species is State Endangered. It is in danger of extinction as a breeding species in the state of Illinois.
The pale gray upperparts distinguish the Piping Plover from all other small plovers except the Snowy Plover. The Snowy Plover has a different face pattern in alternate plumage and dark legs and a longer, thinner bill in basic and juvenile plumages.
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus Ord
Status Rare summer resident. Perhaps 50-60 pairs still breed along the Atlantic shore and along the Northumberland Strait.
Piping Plover
Photo from the Southwestern Louisiana Birding page.
Last updated 3/14/96 Piping plover are listed as endangered.
THE PIPING PLOVER.
[Piping Plover.]
CHARADRIUS MELODUS, Ord.
[Charadrius melodus.] ...
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping plovers look like a small, pale killdeer with a single dark breast stripe. Their preferred habitat is a wide, sandy beach along the Great Lakes shore in areas that have scant vegetation and scattered stones.
3. Piping Plover
A chilly Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), fluffed up to keep warm in a brisk breeze along a shoreline near Tarpon Springs, Florida.
4. Pygmy Nuthatch ...
Piping Plovers have been threatened in the US now for a fairly long period of time. This is an endemic breeding bird in North America and much is now being done by various federal and non-profit groups to ensure and foster its conservation.
Piping Plover
Summer Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Semipalmated Plover
Summer Sighting Information: abundant
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Sand martin (Riparia riparia)
Barn owl (Tyto alba) ...
Piping Plover - 3 on Plymouth Beach
Willet - 1 on Plymouth Beach
Ruddy Turnstone - several on Plymouth Beach ...
The Piping Plover and the southeastern subspecies of the Snowy Plover are threatened species. The Piping Plover suffered serious declines in the early 1900's when it was hunted for its feathers which were used to decorate hats.
The Piping Plover is listed as an Endangered species in the states of the Great Lakes Region, and as a Threatened species in all the states of the Southeast except Arkansas.
May, F. H. 1923. Piping Plover and Black Tern nesting at North Pond, Lake Ontario. Auk 40:690-691.
Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus
Black-banded Plover, Charadrius thoracicus : The Black-banded or Madagascar Plover (Charadrius thoracicus) is endemic to Madagascar.
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) - Shackleford Banks, Carteret Co., NC 10/30/05
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) eggs in the "nest" - Flat River impoundment, Falls Lake, Durham Co., NC, 4/13/03.
Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus (A)
Wilson's Plover, Charadrius wilsonia
Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus
Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus (A) Near-threatened
Snowy Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus ...
as endangered species on both lists include the red cockaded woodpecker, the Southwestern willow flycatcher, the whooping crane, the golden-cheeked warbler, Attwater's greater prairie chicken, the northern aplomado falcon, the piping plover, ...
Volunteers in the Maritimes set an excellent example by patrolling beaches to protect the Piping Plover habitat. They also educate the public about this shorebird.
- build and maintain nesting and roosting boxes for birds inyou area.
 See also: Plover, Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Heron
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