Pluvialis squatarola ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: CHARADRIIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Gerrit Vyn
A large shorebird of coastal beaches, the Black-bellied Plover is striking in its black-and-white breeding plumage. It is the largest plover in North America and can be found along the coasts in winter northward to Massachusetts and British Columbia.
Call a high slurred whistle, "pee-o-wee." Territorial song a three-syllabled whistle, "kood-i-loo."