Species profile
black-bellied plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Quick answer
Breeding regions are NA, PAL. Breeding subregions are high (locally low) Arctic coasts and is. (except Ellesmere I., Greenland, Scandinavia and is. from Svalbard to Severnaya Zemlya). Non breeding regions are Worldwide, temperate to tropical coasts (except remote is.).
- Scientific name
- Pluvialis squatarola
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Pluvialis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording black-bellied plover in your journal
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Related species in Charadriidae
- Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
- Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- Black-banded Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
- Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
- Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
- Blacksmith lapwing, Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus)
- Brown-chested Lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus)