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Charadrius melodus

Photo by chris baker
Location: Estero Beach, Fort Myers, Florida, USA

[edit] Identification

Sand-coloured, yellow-orange legs, black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black ring around the neck during the breeding season. Beak orange and black-tipped.

[edit] Distribution

Breeds eastern Canada and U.S., also southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, northern Montana, western and central North Dakota, central South Dakota, and most of Nebraska, localized populations in Colorado and the Great Lakes; winters southeastern U.S., Bahamas and Greater Antilles.

[edit] Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Sandy or gravel beaches or sandbars

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes insects, marine worms and crustaceans.

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