Bird Guide

Black-bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: CHARADRIIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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.

Calls

Call

Recorded by Michael J. Andersen
Alaska June 2006
Calls

Recorded by William W. H. Gunn
Ontario, Canada September 1960
Calls

Recorded by Randolph S. Little
New York September 1962
Calls

Recorded by Gerrit Vyn
Alaska June 2006
Calls on breeding grounds late season

Recorded by Gerrit Vyn
Alaska July 2007
Flight display

Recorded by Michael J. Andersen
Alaska June 2006
Low intensity alarm call

Recorded by Michael J. Andersen
Alaska June 2006
Low intensity alarm call

Recorded by Michael J. Andersen
Alaska June 2006
High intensity alarm call

Recorded by Michael J. Andersen
Alaska June 2006
High intensity and low intensity alarm call

Recorded by Michael J. Andersen
Alaska June 2006
Pair alarm calls

Recorded by Michael J. Andersen
Alaska June 2006

Macaulay Library

Call a high slurred whistle, "pee-o-wee." Territorial song a three-syllabled whistle, "kood-i-loo."

Search the Macaulay Library online archive for more sounds and videos

All About Birds blog, First-Ever World Shorebirds Day Highlights Need for Conservation, September 5, 2014.

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