Birds of Cuba BETA

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae (Plovers)  
Genus: Pluvialis (1 species, 4 worldwide)


Grey Plover
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Curry Hammock State Park, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Grey Plover
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Long Key State Park, Florida Keys, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Once called the Black-bellied Plover because of black belly in breeding plumage. The non-breeding Grey Plover looks a lot like the non-breeding American Golden Plover, but check for a thin eyebrow, and black feathers inside the wing where it meets the body (axillaries) (Birds of Costa Rica).


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