Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel".
Plover
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(plv´r), common name for some members of the large family Charadriidae, shore birds, small to medium in size, found in ice-free lands all over the world.
Plovers and lapwings
One of the largest groups within the 'waders' or shorebirds. Quite short to long legs, but short bills; feed with characteristic run-stop-tilt forward action on areas of open sand, mud, shingle, bare earth or short turf.
Plover, Crab Dromas ardeola Found: Coasts of Indian Ocean
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Plover bother
Springwatch
Pensthorpe's family of little ringed plovers is threatened by a jackdaw.
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Scotland
The Grey Plover breeds along the Arctic coast of Russia, Siberia and North America. Most of the Russian population pass through western Europe on their way to wintering grounds in West Africa.
Puna Plover Charadrius alticola
Described by: Berlepsch; Stolzmann (1902)
Alternate common name(s): Puna Two-banded Plover
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Crab-plover
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Snowy Plover
SNOWY PLOVER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus ...
Snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus
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Length: 5.25 inches
Small shorebird
Short, fairly thin, dark bill
Legs black ...
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
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.
Golden Plover
The golden plover deserves a special mention. The bird's fortunes locally began changing some three decades ago following a change in land use from grazing marsh to arable.
Hooded Plover - profile
Scientific name: Thinornis rubricollis
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
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Gulls, plovers, thick-knees, puffins
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Blacksmith Plover ...
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) is a widespread winter visitor in India. Size: 16 cm
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The Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) is a small shorebird which nests on dry, barren patches of beaches, alkali playas and lake edges. It winters along the Gulf coast as well as the Pacific coast.
Juvenile Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) by Corey Finger
Plovers can usually be distinguished from other types of shorebirds by their short, thick bills, ...
Plovers & Killdeer
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A Beginners Guide to North American Plovers & Killdeer ...
Plovers
Killdeer inhabit fields, pastures, and suburbs. Migrant killdeer increase populations during the winter.
The plovers - or "Kolea" in Hawaiian - stay in Hawaii until late April or early May when they return to Alaska to find new mates, Johnson said.
Few Plovers with which I am acquainted, acquire their full plumage sooner than this species.
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola - Adult in breeding plumage
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Snowy Plovers typically begin breeding their first year. Both sexes actively defend their territories from predators and intruders by posturing, chasing, or fighting.
Snowy plovers are primarily visual foragers, using the run-stop-peck method of feeding typical of most plover species.
Snowy Plover Behaviour
No observations regarding Snowy Plover behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
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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.
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 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". [Online]. Natural History Notebooks. Canadian Museum of Nature.
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The Snowy Plover is the palest of the North American plovers, and also the smallest. Inland, they usually nest on open salt flats or other similarly barren areas.
Two-banded Plover
Charadrius falklandicus
Local Name: Beach Lark
Breeding Range: Falklands & southern South America
Length: 17cm.
Falklands Population: ~10,000 breeding pairs
World Population: unknown ...
Black-Bellied Plover, La Jolla Shores Beach, La Jolla, California
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Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
New Hope Creek mudflats, Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 9/17/07.
Pea Island NWR, Dare Co., NC 11/9/06.
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.
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Golden Plover
The American Golden Plover is a medium-sized shorebird from America. They nest in the far north and migrate to South America over winter.
Plovers, Sandpipers, and Allies (CHARADRIIFORMES)
Plovers and Lapwings (CHARADRIIDAE)
Oystercatchers (HAEMATOPODIDAE)
Stilts and Avocets (RECURVIROSTRIDAE)
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies (SCOLOPACIDAE)
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (LARIDAE) ...
Grey Plover
Africa Bird Guide Information: The size, high forehead, short bill and long legs, distinguishes this Plover from other waders. In summer plumage the underparts from the chin to lower belly are totally...
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Gray Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Pluvialis squatarola?? Say what? Well, "pluvialis" means "associated with rain" or "rainy", which explains little here.
I had Ringed Plover and Rock Pipet on the beach and a few Manx Shearwaters on the way home.
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Plovers (Family Charadriidae)
Oystercatchers (Family Haematopodidae)
Stilts and Avocets (Family Recurvirostridae)
Sandpipers, Phalaropes and Allies (Family Scolopacidae)
Gulls and Terns (Family Laridae)
Skuas and Jaegers (Family Stercorariidae) ...
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) ...
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.
Cranes and Plovers
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Lesser Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) ...
Oyster-catcher Ploverlike short bird, cosmopolitan
in distribution. They have distinctive red bills that are long, blunt, and flattened and, which are efficient for catching and opening the oysters, mussels, and clams on which they feed.
American Golden Plover
The American Golden Plover is a medium-sized shorebird.
American Robin
The American Robin is a widespread songbird with a red-orange chest.
The Semipalmated Plover is similar but has only one black bar across the chest.
Springer reported that up to 30 percent of breeding season diet in Alaska was avian prey, and consisted mostly of fledgling passerines, ptarmigan (Lagopus spp.), and occasionally lesser golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica) [33].
Breeding ecology of Interior Least Terns, Snowy Plovers, and American Avocets at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma. M.S. thesis. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. 106 pages. Hirsch, K. V., and C. M. Fouchi. 1984.
In the temperate parts of the Old World this species is perhaps the most abundant of the plovers, Charadriidae, breeding in almost every suitable place from Ireland to Japan - the majority migrating towards winter to southern countries, as the Punjab, ...
The beak is short, plover-like, and colored yellow and brown. The arrow shaped head and part of the back are covered with brownish black streaks.
Some wrasses are widely known for their role as symbiotic fish, similar to the actions and those ascribed to the Egyptian plover: other fish will congregate at wrasse cleaning stations and wait for wrasses to swim into their open mouths and gill ...
They are large obvious and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs.They average between 43 and 53 cm (17 and 21 in) in total length and 500 g (1 lb) or more in weight.
The western snowy plover, a Federally threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, breeds on few California beaches.
It is a large and noisy plover-like bird, with jet black plumage, pinkish/red legs and a strong broad dagger-like red bill which it uses for smashing or prying open molluscs such as mussels, or for finding earthworms. The eyes and eye rings are red.
Description: The Killdeer is the largest of the ringed plovers, and the only plover in its range with a double breast band. Killdeers have brown upperparts, white underparts, and orange rumps.
Cooperation Nation: A famous exception is the Egyptian Plover which is said to enjoy a symbiotic relationship with the crocodile.
For instance, a plover will "fake" an injury to distract a predator away from its nest. This is deception, but all plovers use this same behavior and it is not learned. It shows little flexibility and is therefore not evidence of thinking.
 See also: Lapwing, Warbler, Flycatcher, Woodpecker, Finch
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