There are 74 species of wader that occur in the Americas (including the Eskimo Curlew which is in all probability extinct). Of these 44 occur in North America and 60 in South America with 31 of these species travelling between the two.
There are, 6 plovers that occur in both North and South America; 5 of them are migrants that travel between the two continents and they are Grey, American Golden, Semipalmated and Wilson's Plover plus Killdeer. The 6th species, Snowy Plover also occurs in both continents, but the southern population is resident and the northern, although migratory does not reach south America just getting as far as Panama...http://www.waderquest.org/2014/04/its-migration-time-on-pacific.html
There are, 6 plovers that occur in both North and South America; 5 of them are migrants that travel between the two continents and they are Grey, American Golden, Semipalmated and Wilson's Plover plus Killdeer. The 6th species, Snowy Plover also occurs in both continents, but the southern population is resident and the northern, although migratory does not reach south America just getting as far as Panama...http://www.waderquest.org/2014/04/its-migration-time-on-pacific.html
