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Black-Bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Photo by jeslowery
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Field Notes

Description:

Was with a small group of Ruddy Turnstones and was larger than them.

Habitat:

Coastal, near mangroves.

Reference Links:

Black-bellied Plover, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithol…

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
jeslowery
Thanks, Ashley! I posted it in another group and they said definitely Black-Bellied Plover.
AshleyT
Either black-bellied plover or American golden plover, I have trouble telling the two apart in non-breeding plumage

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PublishedMarch 27, 2016

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