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[[Image:Grey_Plover.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mw_aurora<br/>Winter plumaged bird taken on: Sanibel Island, Florida, USA]] | [[Image:Grey_Plover.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mw_aurora<br/>Winter plumaged bird taken on: Sanibel Island, Florida, USA]] | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | Breeds between 65°N and 75°N in the Arctic Tundra (north-eastern [[Europe]], northern [[Asia]] and northern [[Canada]]). The non-breeding range includes almost all coastlines between 55°N and 40°S. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
+ | Monotypic. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1032&Bird_Image_ID=1218&Bird_Family_ID=109 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1032&Bird_Image_ID=1218&Bird_Family_ID=109 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=39&bid=496 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=39&bid=496 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
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Revision as of 20:20, 25 June 2008
- Pluvialis squatarola
Also known as Black-bellied Plover
Identification
Distribution
Breeds between 65°N and 75°N in the Arctic Tundra (north-eastern Europe, northern Asia and northern Canada). The non-breeding range includes almost all coastlines between 55°N and 40°S.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Behaviour
Bird Song
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