Wilson's Plover Range Map

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Migration

Medium-distance migrant or permanent resident. Northernmost nesters migrate southward, but most populations appear to be nonmigratory.

Map data are provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Robert Ridgely, James Zook, The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International - CABS, World Wildlife Fund - US, and Environment Canada - WILDSPACE.

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