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Black-bellied Plover
Chorlito Cabezón
Pluvialis squatarola
The grey plover or black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is a large plover breeding in Arctic regions. It is a long-distance migrant, with a nearly worldwide coastal distribution when not breeding.
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Sound recorded by david thorns · XC1092956 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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Island profile
About the Black-bellied Plover
The grey plover or black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is a large plover breeding in Arctic regions. It is a long-distance migrant, with a nearly worldwide coastal distribution when not breeding.
Conservation
Vulnerable
IUCN VU
- Global IUCN
- VU
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- grasslands
- Elevation
- 0–3700 m
- Nest
- Scrape · Ground
- Clutch
- 1–5 eggs
- Social behavior
- Social / flocking; Solitary
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