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Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatus ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: CHARADRIIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Semipalmated Plover Photo

© Tim W. Gallagher / CLO

A small dark shorebird with a single band across its chest, the Semipalmated Plover is the most common plover seen on migration in most areas.

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Calls

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    Recorded by Theodore A. Parker III, William W. H. Gunn
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

A short two-noted whistle, "chu-wee," with second note higher.

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