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  2. Semipalmated plover - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Charadrius - Wikipedia

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    Hence, either all members of Charadriidae, excluding Pluvialis are grouped in a single genus, Charadrius, or the genus is reduced to the Common ringed plover, Piping plover, Semipalmated plover, and Killdeer. [7] The latter option was chosen.

  4. Piping plover - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Plover - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Common ringed plover - Wikipedia

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    The legs are orange and only the outer two toes are slightly webbed, unlike the slightly smaller but otherwise very similar semipalmated plover, which has all three toes slightly webbed, and also a marginally narrower breast band; it was in former times included in the present species. Juvenile ringed plovers are duller than the adults in ...

  7. Hampton Beach piping plovers: Why this endangered species ...

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    A piping plover shows off its wings at Hampton Beach State Park on June 19, 2023. These birds have discovered Hampton Beach, I guess since COVID-19, when there were fewer humans to contend with.

  8. A visiting bird from Chicago is making waves in Wilmington ...

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    This is the second year that the highly endangered Great Lakes piping plover has traveled nearly 1,000 miles to ride out winter along the N.C. coast. A visiting bird from Chicago is making waves ...

  9. List of birds of Nunavut - Wikipedia

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    Semipalmated plover (ᖁᓪᓕᖁᓕᐊᕐᔪᒃ) Charadrius semipalmatus; Piping plover, Charadrius melodus (A) Sandpipers and allies