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Black-bellied Plover

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Black-bellied Plover Sounds

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Ontario, September 25, 1960Recorded by William W. H. Gunn | Macaulay Library
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Alaska, June 19, 2006Recorded by Gerrit Vyn | Macaulay Library
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California, January 08, 2008Recorded by Nathan Pieplow

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Songs

Males sing a burry but musical kooodleeooo while displaying, similar to songs of golden-plovers.

Calls

The most commonly heard call is the mellow, mournful-sounding flight call, a far-carrying pleeoooee, falling and then rising in tone. Males give a piping trill when landing after the aerial display, and males in conflict utter a harsh kleeeeerr. Adults disturbed at the nest give a variety of threat and alarm calls.

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Plovers and Lapwings(Order: Charadriiformes, Family:Charadriidae)

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