GALLERIES > BIRDS > CHARADRIIFORMES > CHARADRIIDAE > SEMIPALMATED PLOVER [Charadrius semipalmatus] [plot on map]
Location: Saint Paul, Pribilof Islands, AKGPS: 57.1N, -170.3W, elev=28' MAP Date: June 1, 2012 ID : B13K8970 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Jamaica Bay, NYGPS: 40.6N, -73.8W, elev=0' MAP Date: September 7, 2010 ID : 7C2V2808 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Jamaica Bay, NYGPS: 40.6N, -73.8W, elev=0' MAP Date: September 7, 2010 ID : 7C2V2924 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Jamaica Bay, NYGPS: 40.6N, -73.8W, elev=0' MAP Date: September 7, 2010 ID : 7C2V2819 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Kealia Ponds, Maui, HawaiiGPS: 20.8N, -156.5W, elev=170' MAP Date: October 21, 2015 ID : B13K9538 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: August 24, 2010 ID : 7C2V2351 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: August 24, 2010 ID : 7C2V2333 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: August 24, 2010 ID : 7C2V2303 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Bolivar Flats, TXGPS: 29.4N, -94.7W, elev=1' MAP Date: August 31, 2009 ID : 7C2V3802 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Corpus Christi (Oso Bay), TXGPS: 27.7N, -97.3W, elev=1' MAP Date: August 29, 2009 ID : 7C2V2731 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Corpus Christi (Oso Bay), TXGPS: 27.7N, -97.3W, elev=1' MAP Date: August 29, 2009 ID : 7C2V2725 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Salton Sea, CAGPS: 33.2N, -115.6W, elev=-232' MAP Date: August 15, 2009 ID : 7C2V1554 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Salton Sea, CAGPS: 33.2N, -115.6W, elev=-232' MAP Date: August 15, 2009 ID : 7C2V1537 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Goleta, CA (Coal Oil Point Reserve)GPS: 34.4N, -119.9W, elev=0' MAP Date: July 13, 2009 ID : 7C2V9978 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Goleta, CA (Coal Oil Point Reserve)GPS: 34.4N, -119.9W, elev=0' MAP Date: July 13, 2009 ID : 7C2V9976 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Malibu Lagoon, CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.7W, elev=8' MAP Date: September 14, 2007 ID : ? [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Malibu Lagoon, CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.7W, elev=8' MAP Date: September 14, 2007 ID : ? [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Malibu Lagoon, CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.7W, elev=8' MAP Date: September 14, 2007 ID : ? [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Huntington Beach (Bolsa Chica Lagoon), CAGPS: 33.7N, -118.1W, elev=27' MAP Date: June 16, 2007 ID : ? [3888 x 2592]
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SPECIES INFO
The Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) is a small plover.
Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes and a short orange and black bill.
Their breeding habitat is open ground on beaches or flats across northern Canada and Alaska. They nest on the ground in an open area with little or no plant growth.
They are migratory and winter in coastal areas ranging from the United States to Patagonia. They are extremely rare vagrants to western Europe, although their true status may be obscured by the difficulty in identifying them from the very similar Ringed Plover of Eurasia.
These birds forage for food on beaches, tidal flats and fields, usually by sight. They eat insects, crustaceans and worms.
This bird resembles the Killdeer but is much smaller and has only one band. The term "semipalmated" refers to its partly webbed feet.
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