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Plovers (/ˈplʌvər/ PLUV-ər, also US: /ˈploʊvər/ PLOH-vər) are
members of a
widely distributed group of
wading birds of
family Charadriidae. The term "plover"...
- the
binomial name
Tringa squatarola. It is now
placed with
three other plovers in the
genus Pluvialis that was
introduced by the
French onithologist Mathurin...
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alert them to any danger. Like many
other species of
plovers,
adult piping plovers will
often feign a "broken wing display",
drawing attention...
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species of
plover. This
species is
similar to two
other golden plovers: the
American golden plover,
Pluvialis dominica, and
Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis...
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Magellanic plover (Pluvianellus socialis) is a rare
wader found only in
southernmost South America. It was long
placed in with the
other plovers in the family...
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several plovers doubtfully ****ociated with the "trochilus" bird
mentioned in a
supposed cleaning symbiosis with the Nile crocodile. The
Egyptian plover is...
- grams. The word
plover came from a
Latin word
pluvia which means "rain". In
Medieval England some
migratory birds became known as
plovers because they returned...
- wing. Once the
intruder is far
enough from the nest, the
plover flies off.
Common ringed plovers are
migratory and
winter in
coastal areas south to Africa...
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plover (Anarhynchus nivosus) is a
small s****bird
found in the Americas. It is a
member of the bird
family Charadriidae,
which includes the
plovers,...
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underparts become considerably paler. Generally,
adult Kittlitz's
Plovers exhibit a wing
length ranging from 100–110 mm, an
adult bill
length between...