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| - | [[Image:Snowy_Plover_by_Dan_E.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Dan_E|Dan E}}<br />Sanibel Island, [[Florida]], [[USA]], July 2010]] | + | [[Image:5624300519 cb0b1f7af3 t.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|nbagno|nbagno}}<br />Moss Landing State Beach, [[California]], [[USA]], April 2011]] |
| | '''Alternative names: Chilean Plover; Peruvian Plover''' | | '''Alternative names: Chilean Plover; Peruvian Plover''' |
| | ;[[:Category:Charadrius|Charadrius]] nivosus | | ;[[:Category:Charadrius|Charadrius]] nivosus |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | [[Image:Snowy_Plover_by_Dan_E.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Dan_E|Dan E}}<br />Sanibel Island, [[Florida]], [[USA]], July 2010]] |
| | 15-17 cm | | 15-17 cm |
| | *Upperparts greyish brown | | *Upperparts greyish brown |
Current revision
Alternative names: Chilean Plover; Peruvian Plover
- Charadrius nivosus
[edit] Identification
15-17 cm
- Upperparts greyish brown
- Underparts white
- Black legs
Female: has a grey head, lacking any black markings
[edit] Distribution
North America to South America
[edit] Taxonomy
Formerly considered conspecific with Kentish Plover.
[edit] Subspecies1
- C. a. nivosus (includes West Indian birds sometimes placed in C. a. tenuirostris):
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[edit] Habitat
Sandy coasts and brackish inland lakes, and is uncommon on fresh water.
[edit] Behaviour
[edit] Breeding
It nests in a ground scrape and lays 3-5 eggs.
Diet includes insects and other invertebrates.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Avibase
- Birdforum thread discussing AOU NACC proposal to split Snowy Plover and other taxonomic changes
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