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Range Map for Piping Plover

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Migration

Medium-distance migrant. Inland breeding populations migrate to the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Coast. Atlantic Coast populations move south along the coast to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

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

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