Species: Charadrius alexandrinus
Snowy Plover
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
(NGS 1983).
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Charadrius
NatureServe
Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Shorebirds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae - Charadrius - Regarded as conspecific with Australian C. RUFICAPILLUS and African C. MARGINATUS by some authors (AOU 1983, Sibley and Monroe 1990), but probably the three form a superspecies (Hayman et al. 1986, AOU 1998). C. A. ALEXANDRINUS (Kentish Plover) of Palearctic, C. A. NIVOSUS (Snowy Plover) of the Americas, and C. A. OCCIDENTALIS (Peruvian Plover) of western South America may be separate species (Sibley and Monroe 1990).
Ecology and Life History
(NGS 1983).
Short General Description
A small shorebird (plover).
Migration
true - true - true - Arrives in breeding areas areas in Great Plains and eastern California as early as early April (Jacobs 1986). Most arrive in northern Utah beginning in early April, and nearly all have departed by late September (Paton et al. 1992).
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Length
16
Weight
41
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4
Global Status Last Reviewed
2005-02-16
Global Status Last Changed
1996-11-25
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
US.WA=S1