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Conservation and Management
Effects Of Human Activity
Shooting And Trapping
Not known to be hunted or trapped.
Pesticides And Other Contaminants/Toxics
No information.
Ingestion Of Plastics, Lead Etc
No information.
Collisions With Stationary/Moving Structures Or Objects
No information.
Degradation Of Habitat
Little known about habitat outside of U.S. Major threat to the species in U.S. is destruction of breeding habitat by development of beachfront areas. On undeveloped Georgia barrier islands, territories typically include some dune habitat, similar to that chosen for construction on developed barrier islands (CAC). In addition, construction brings influx of people interested in beach recreation.
Disturbance At Nest And Roost Sites
Subject to disturbance on nest and roost sites by beachgoers, feral or free-ranging livestock, pets, and vehicle traffic on beaches. In Georgia, small number of nests was destroyed by trampling of free-ranging cattle (Bos taurus) and rooting of feral hogs (Sus scrofa; Corbat 1990). Nests commonly on beaches with wide berms, which are also favored by beachgoers. Plovers leave their nests when disturbed and are extremely reluctant to return when intruders are anywhere near, thereby exposing eggs to predation and overheating (CAC).
Direct Human/Research Impacts
No information.
Management
Conservation Status
No federal protection status in U.S. Listed as Endangered in Virginia and Maryland, Threatened in S. Carolina, Rare in Georgia, and State Protected in Alabama (Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries 1991, Maryland Wildlife and Heritage Division 1995, Alabama Natural Heritage Program 1996, Georgia Natural Heritage Program 2000, South Carolina Heritage Trust 2000, ). Brown et al. (2000) list Wilson’s Plover as a “species of high concern” in their prioritization of shorebird species according to relative conservation status and risk.
Corbat, Carol A. and Peter W. Bergstrom. 2000. Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/516
