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From the CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY and the AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION.

Sections

Snowy Plover

Charadrius nivosus

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

– Family

CHARADRIIDAE

Issue No. 154 – Revised: November 18, 2009

Authors: Page, G. W., J. S. Warriner, J. C. Warriner, and P. W. Paton

Revisors: Page, Gary W., and Lynne E. Stenzel

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Photo Gallery

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: Adult male Snowy Plover, breeding plumage, Sanibel Is, FL, February

: Adult male Snowy Plover roosting, Little Estero Lagoon, Ft. Myers Beach, FL, December

: Adult female Snowy Plover on nest, Lido Key, FL, April

: Adult Snowy Plover, non-breeding plumage, CA, September

: Snowy Plover, Asilomar, CA, January

: Juvenile Snowy Plover, San Clemente Is., CA, October

: Juvenile Snowy Plover, Summer Lake, OR, August

: Juvenile Snowy Plover, Summer Lake, OR, August

: Juvenile Snowy Plover, Del Monte Beach, CA, September

: Snowy Plovers in flight, Summer Lake, OR, August

: Adult female Snowy Plover, with chick; Lido Key, FL, May.

: Newly hatched Snowy Plover, with unhatched egg. Los Angeles, CA. July.

: Snowy Plover eggs.

: Snowy Plover nest on unused heli pad. Los Angeles, CA. June.

: Snowy Plover nest on beach, Los Angeles, CA. June

: Snowy Plover nest.

: Adult female Snowy Plover brooding on nest, Longbeach, CA. May

: Adult male Snowy Plover stretching wings, Morro Bay, CA. April.

: Snowy Plover wing-stretching, Grover Beach, California. September

: Adult male Snowy Plover, wing-stretching; Morro Bay, CA. April.

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