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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 ...
Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola; American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica (A) Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva (A) Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus; Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus; Piping plover, Charadrius melodus (A) Wilson's plover, Charadrius wilsonia; Snowy plover, Charadrius nivosus
The ring-necked pheasant is the state bird of South Dakota. This list of birds of South Dakota includes species documented in the U.S. state of South Dakota and accepted by the South Dakota Ornithologists' Union (SDOU). As of October 2021, 440 species were included in the official list.
Older names are the upland plover and Bartram's sandpiper. In Louisiana , it is also colloquially known as the papabotte . [ 3 ] It is the only member of the genus Bartramia .
Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius Kentish plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Lesser sand plover, Anarhynchus mongolus Snowy plover, on the beach at Vandenberg, CA. Plovers (/ ˈ p l ʌ v ər / PLUV-ər, [1] also US: / ˈ p l oʊ v ər / PLOH-vər) [2] are members of a widely distributed group of wading birds of family Charadriidae.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in South Dakota. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
South Dakota is the 17th-largest state in the country. South Dakota has a humid continental climate in the east and the Black Hills, and a semi-arid climate in the west outside of the Black Hills, featuring four very distinct seasons, and the ecology of the state features plant and animal species typical of a North American temperate grassland ...
Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola; American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica; Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva (A) Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus (n) Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus; Lesser sand-plover, Charadrius mongolus (A) Mountain plover, Charadrius montanus (n) Snowy plover, Charadrius nivosus (n)