any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
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plover::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | limicoline bird, shorebird, shore bird |
| Has types | charadrius vociferus, dotrel, dotterel, eudromias morinellus, golden plover, green plover, kildeer, killdeer, killdeer plover, lapwing, peewit, pewit, piping plover, turnstone, charadrius melodus, charadrius morinellus |
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Last summer, a portion of the Bodie spit was closed because of one plover chick.
From the thestate.com
Ms Swadling also confirmed that a shore plover and nest were predated last week.
From the scoop.co.nz
A snowy plover searches for food near Beach Access 7 on Siesta Key in Sarasota.
From the heraldtribune.com
These include ringed plover, little ringed plover, shelduck and oystercatchers.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A Nile crocodile will eat any animal it can catch, except the Egyptian plover.
From the thenewstribune.com
The mountain plover has been hiding in plain sight in California for decades.
From the sacbee.com
At this time, one could think of it as having been transformed into the grey plover.
From the guardian.co.uk
Their grazing also creates lots of bare soil, which is key to plover nesting success.
From the sciencedaily.com
At least half the estimated 6,500 piping plover population live on the Atlantic coast.
From the independent.co.uk
- Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
- Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfamily, Vanellinae, comprises another 20-odd species.
- A shore bird with a short tail, long pointed wings, and brown or gray feathers mixed with white.
- A plover is a shore bird. It generally has a round head, straight bill, and large pointed wings. In Tonga it is known as the 'kiu'.
