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The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small sand-colored, sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America. The adult has yellow-orange-red legs, a black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black stripe running along the breast line.
Piping plovers are a species of small shore birds able to camouflage themselves in the sand. They weigh 1.5 to 2.25 ounces with a height of just up to 7 inches.
Almost 40 years after piping plovers were listed on the endangered species list, something is happening with them on local beaches. What's the story? 'Back from the brink.'
Bird watchers are cautiously optimistic about seeing endangered piping plovers again this spring in Presque Isle State Park. The small migratory shore birds are starting to rediscover the Gull ...
Monty (June 2017 – May 13, 2022) [1] and Rose were a pair of piping plovers, who gained local fame in 2019 [2] for being the first pair to successfully breed in Chicago in decades. [3] They belonged to the critically endangered Great Lakes population of piping plovers, which has approximately 70 breeding pairs in total. [ 4 ]
Piping plover (Charadrius melodus): Piping plovers migrate between the United States and the Gulf of Mexico between seasons, but the time spent in the Assateague State Park is used to breed. Piping plover eggs often fall prey to raccoons, gulls, or foxes. Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis): Brown pelicans are specialized hunters. They use ...
Piping plovers are designated as a state and federal threatened species, according to the Massachusetts state website. There are four other species of threatened or endangered shorebirds in ...
Charadrius is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. They are found throughout the world. Many Charadrius species are characterised by breast bands or collars. These can be (in the adult) single complete bands (ringed, semipalmated ...