Heavy-bodied shorebird with a short, thick neck and a stubby bill. Breeding males have a black belly and a mottled black-and-white back.
Heavy-bodied shorebird with a short, thick neck and a stubby bill. Nonbreeding birds have variable amounts of brownish mottling on the back and a smudgy face and breast.
Males and females equally share the responsibility of nest incubation, which usually lasts from the end of May to the end of June.
Short-necked shorebird with a stubby bill. Juveniles have a crisply marked salt-and-pepper look to them with a streaked breast.
In flight, all ages show distinctive black armpits. Note mostly white tail.
During the nonbreeding season on the Atlantic Coast, Black-bellied Plovers forage for larger prey items such as marine worms, bivalves, and shrimp.
Juveniles have a salt and pepper look to them with a streaked breast.
Commonly forages on lake shores or flooded agricultural fields during migration.
Heavy-bodied shorebird with a short, thick neck and a thick but stubby bill. Nonbreeding birds have variable amounts of brownish mottling on the back and a smudgy face and breast.
A chunky, large-headed shorebird with a short, thick bill (heavier than bills of golden-plovers). It has long, pointed wings and moderately long legs.
Larger than an American Golden-Plover, smaller than a Greater Yellowlegs.
between robin and crowPlovers and Lapwings(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Charadriidae)
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