Grey plover
| Grey plover | |
|---|---|
| Breeding plumage in the Great Bay WMA, NJ. | |
| Non-breeding plumage in Scarborough Marsh, Maine | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Pluvialis |
| Species: | P. squatarola
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| Binomial name | |
| Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Distribution Breeding Migration Nonbreeding
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| Synonyms | |
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Tringa squatarola Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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.