The Semipalmated Plover is a small shorebird that you can find in coastal areas across America, in low-energy areas that are not surfaced with a water film. As the name suggests, they have semipalmated or partially webbed feet.
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Plover Identification
Piping Plover
Small as they are, the name ‘Piping’ certainly suits this species with a short bill. The pale color on their back is the perfect match for the white alkali flats and beaches with white sand. Generally, shorebirds are adaptable and can inhabit the shores of pretty much any area. Piping Plovers are mainly a specialty in North America. In winter, a small flock of them extends at most to Mexico.
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The Pacific Golden-Plover is a sleek, regal-looking creature. Every aspect of these birds is fascinating, especially their distinctively speckled plumage. The contrast of their black bodies and yellowbacks gives them a beautiful, striking appearance.
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The Mountain Plover was first discovered by John Townsend in 1834. John James Audubon, a celebrated ornithologist was the first to name these beautiful birds. They were earlier called Rocky Mountain Plovers. These birds are endemic to North America, and they breed on the western Great Plains and they winter in dry grasslands and deserts in California and New Mexico.
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The Black-bellied Plover is also known as the Grey Plover which lives in Eurasia and breeds widely in the high Arctic of North America and Eurasia and overwinters in a broad latitudinal range. Equally, at home in temperate and tropical climates, it is truly one of the most wide-ranging shorebird species. In the breeding plumage, Black-bellied Plovers are a dazzling mix of snow white and jet black, accented by checkerboard wings. They are supreme aerialists, both agile and swift, and are readily identified at a great distance by black armpit feathers in all plumages and by their distinctive, mournful-sounding call.
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The Wilson’s Plover is a medium shorebird that lives in coastal habitats. These birds breed along the Atlantic coast, southwards from Virginia, through the entirety of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Their breeding range continues to northwestern Brazil, and along the Pacific coast until the northern portion of Peru.
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You can find the Snowy Plover in many types of habitats that are around coastal beaches and shores of alkaline lakes. They mostly live around inland lakes. Although almost 18,000 Snowy Plovers breed in North America, their habitats on the Pacific coast and Gulf coast are under great threat because of invasive species, human development, and other harmful recreational activities performed by humans. IUCN has listed these species as near threatened. These birds are threatened on the Gulf coast and endangered in a couple of other states based around the Pacific Coast. The populations of these birds might become dangerously low if they don’t gain some attention.
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For a relatively small bird species, the American Golden-Plover certainly has a spark of elegance to them. Especially if you catch them in flight, you’ll be amazed at the swift grace present in their wings movement. They are also suspected to be the fastest among the shorebirds. And they have to be since it’s no easy task flying from the Arctic tundra of Alaska and Canada to the south side of South America.
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Killdeer
A Killdeer is a fun bird to see while bird watching. Below are some tips to help you identify Killdeers. We have also put together a list of fun Killdeer t-shirts, Killdeer bird patches, bird houses, bird feeders, binoculars, stickers and other fun bird watching items.
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Cute Coloring Pages For Your Child
If you are a stay-at-home mom and are worrying about keeping your little one busy at home, today is your lucky day because we have a cute Killdeer coloring page for you and your kids. We provide high-quality, unique, and original free cute coloring pages and coloring pictures for you and your kids. We have been providing fun coloring pages for quite a while now. Additionally, we know how much kids enjoy coloring on printable coloring pages.
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Cute Coloring Pages For Your Child
If you are a stay-at-home mom and are worrying about keeping your little one busy at home, today is your lucky day because we have cute coloring pages for you and your kids. We provide high-quality, unique, and original free cute coloring pages and coloring pictures for you and your kids. We have been providing fun coloring pages for quite a while now. We how much kids enjoy coloring on printable cute coloring pages.