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A large number of rare vagrant birds have been recorded at Dawlish Warren, including elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans), lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis), long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix), greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii), semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor ...
They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water. Nine species have been recorded in Indiana. Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola; American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica; Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus; Lesser sand-plover, Charadrius mongolus (R) Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus; Piping plover ...
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 ...
Jan. 30—The Siuslaw National Forest initiated its largest western snowy plover habitat restoration project to date by removing vegetation along the beach between the Siltcoos River and the ...
Diademed sandpiper-plover: Phegornis mitchellii (Fraser, 1845) 7 Eurasian dotterel: Eudromias morinellus Linnaeus, 1758: 8 Killdeer: Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758: 9 Common ringed plover: Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758: 10 Semipalmated plover: Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825: 11 Piping plover: Charadrius melodus Ord, 1824: 12 ...
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The snowy plover (Anarhynchus nivosus) is a small shorebird found in the Americas. It is a member of the bird family Charadriidae, which includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. The snowy plover was originally described by John Cassin in 1858, but was classified as a subspecies of the Kentish plover in 1922. Since 2011, the snowy plover ...