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;[[:Category:Charadrius|Charadrius]] melodus | ;[[:Category:Charadrius|Charadrius]] melodus | ||
| − | [[Image:Piping_Plover.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by chris baker <br/> | + | [[Image:Piping_Plover.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by chris baker<br />Location: Estero Beach, Fort Myers, [[Florida]], [[USA]]]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Sand-coloured, yellow-orange legs, black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black ring around the neck during the breeding season. Beak orange and black-tipped. | Sand-coloured, yellow-orange legs, black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black ring around the neck during the breeding season. Beak orange and black-tipped. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Canada]] and | + | Breeds eastern [[Canada]] and [[U.S.]]; winters southeastern U.S., [[Bahamas]] and [[Greater Antilles]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | A monotypic species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Sandy or gravel beaches or sandbars | Sandy or gravel beaches or sandbars | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | Diet includes insects, marine worms and crustaceans. | + | Diet includes insects, marine worms and crustaceans. |
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch|Charadrius+melodus}} | + | {{GSearch|Charadrius+melodus}} |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Charadrius]] [[category:incomplete]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Charadrius]][[category:incomplete]] |
Revision as of 01:08, 22 July 2008
- Charadrius melodus
Identification
Sand-coloured, yellow-orange legs, black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black ring around the neck during the breeding season. Beak orange and black-tipped.
Distribution
Breeds eastern Canada and U.S.; winters southeastern U.S., Bahamas and Greater Antilles.
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Sandy or gravel beaches or sandbars
Behaviour
Diet includes insects, marine worms and crustaceans.
