Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

This pale shorebird with orange legs is the color of dry beach sand. It weighs 1.5 to 2.25 ounces (42-63g) and is 5.5 inches long (13.97 cm). In spring and summer, it sports a single black neck band and a narrow black band across its forehead. In flight, the rump is white. The bill is yellowish with a black tip. The sexes appear similar in both size and plumage.

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References

Piping Plover (1994, December 4). Department of environmental conservation. Retrieved April 17, 2020, from https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7086.html.

Photo References

Danzenbaker M. (2005). Breeding male in flight [Photograph]. Avesphoto. http://avesphoto.com/website/WD/species/PLVPIP-2.htm.

Gunkel D. (2019). Piping plovers [Photograph]. Northernpublicradio. https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/perspective-protect-piping-plovers.

Mdf (2008). Piping plover [Photograph]. Wikimediacommons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charadrius-melodus-004.jpg.

Rezin A. (2019). A piping plover walks in the area sectioned off for the endangered species on Montrose Beach [Photograph]. Chicagosuntimes. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/18/18683738/montrose-beach-piping-plover-endangered-species-jam-productions.

Russ. (2016). Piping plover pair in flight [Photograph]. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/russ-w/27819354464/.

Saunders B. (1994). [Piping plover left profile facing standing on right leg] [Photograph]. Departmentofenvironmentalconservation. https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7086.html.

Smith K. (2020). [Two piping plover chicks on sand, left chick front facing left eye closed, rigth chick left profile facing leaning against left chick] [Photograph]. Kimsmithdesigns. https://kimsmithdesigns.com/tag/piping-plovers-courting/

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