BirdUp · Species
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola(Linnaeus, 1758)
Also known asBilin-bilin
VulnerableNative
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Pluvialis
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
- Commonness
- Rare
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The grey plover or black-bellied plover is a large plover breeding in Arctic regions. It is a long-distance migrant, with a nearly worldwide coastal distribution when not breeding.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- NA, PAL : high (locally low) Arctic coasts and is. (except Ellesmere I., Greenland, Scandinavia and is. from Svalbard to Severnaya Zemlya)
- Non-breeding range
- Worldwide, temperate to tropical coasts (except remote is.)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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