Medium-sized shorebird with an upright posture and a short bill. Black face and underparts bordered by white stripe, extending from forehead to flanks. Upperparts are mottled in gold, black, and white.
Breeding females have a more mottled white and brown face with a thicker white stripe down the flanks. Note spotted undertail coverts.
Call is a high, rising whistle. Nests on tundra in western Alaska and Eurasia; males help incubate and care for the young.
A shorebird with an upright posture and a short, somewhat thick bill. Nonbreeding birds have a pale eyebrow stripe with gold-spotted backs and grayish smudgy breasts.
A shorebird with an upright posture and a short, somewhat thick bill. The wing feathers barely extend beyond the tail. Nonbreeding birds have a pale face with a paler eyebrow and golden spots on the back.
Winters across Pacific including the Hawaiian Islands, Australia, and New Zealand. This individual shows a few black belly feathers beginning to molt in as breeding season approaches.
During the nonbreeding season found in fields, grassy areas, beaches, and mudflats. Nonbreeding birds have a pale face with with a paler eyebrow and golden spots on the back.
In flight, note dark rump, long, pointed wings, and heavy chest.
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A medium-sized shorebird with an upright posture, rather large head, slim neck, long wings, and relatively long legs.
Larger than a Killdeer, less bulky and slightly smaller than a Black-bellied Plover.
between robin and crowPlovers and Lapwings(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Charadriidae)
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