Bill Hubick Photography - Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

A Black-bellied Plover on the shoreline at Malibu, California (10/10/2011). Photo by Bill Hubick.

Above: A Black-bellied Plover on the shoreline at Malibu, California (10/10/2011).

Below: A migrant Black-bellied Plover in near breeding plumage forages along Delaware Bay (5/20/2006).

Below: A Black-bellied Plover on Assateague Island, Maryland (10/12/2009).

A Black-bellied Plover on Assateague Island, Maryland (10/12/2009).

Below: A comparison of Black-bellied Plover (left) and American Golden-Plover (right). A flock of over 200 plovers, including at least 8 American Golden-Plovers, continued from 11/11 to at least 11/14. (Berlin, Maryland, 11/11/2010).

A comparison of Black-bellied Plover (left) and American Golden-Plover (right). A flock of over 200 plovers, including at least 8 American Golden-Plovers, continued from 11/11 to at least 11/14. (Berlin, Maryland, 11/11/2010). Photo by Bill Hubick.

Similar species: American Golden-Plover

Comments: Non-breeding plumage. First photo taken in southern Florida in February 2005. Second photo taken at Assateague Island, Maryland (10/2004).

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