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Wilson's Plover
Anarhynchus wilsonia
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Wilson's Plover
Wilson's plover (Anarhynchus wilsonia) is a small bird of the family Charadriidae. It was named after the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson by his friend George Ord in 1814. Wilson's plover is a coastal wader which breeds on both coasts of the Americas from the equator northwards. Its range extends north to include much of the U.S. eastern seaboard, and the Pacific coast of Mexico on the west.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Family
- Plovers and Lapwings
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Similar species
Other members of the plovers and lapwings family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
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