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The semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) is a small plover. Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific semipalmatus is Latin and comes from semi, "half" and palma ...
These can be (in the adult) single complete bands (ringed, semipalmated, little ringed, long-billed),or double or triple bands (killdeer, three-banded, Forbes'). They have relatively short bills and feed mainly on insects, worms or other invertebrates, depending on habitat, which are obtained by a run-and-pause technique, rather than the steady ...
Semipalmated plover; Semipalmated sandpiper This page was last edited on 30 December 2019, at 02:07 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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Common ringed plover: Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758: 10 Semipalmated plover: Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825: 11 Piping plover: Charadrius melodus Ord, 1824: 12 Hooded dotterel: Charadrius cucullatus (Vieillot, 1818) 13 Forbes's plover: Charadrius forbesi (Shelley, 1883) 14 Three-banded plover: Charadrius tricollaris Vieillot ...
A semipalmated plover at Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve in June is the second British record; A male Siberian rubythroat in Dorset in October is the second British record; A blue-cheeked bee-eater in Shetland in June and July is Britain's eighth, but only the second to be seen by large numbers of observers.
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Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola; European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria (A) [56] American golden-plover, Pluviali dominicas ; Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva (A) Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus; Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus; Piping plover, Charadrius melodus; Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius (A) [57]