Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

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Introduction
 
Methods
 
Results
 
Acknowledgments
 
Literature Cited
 
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Species Accounts, Maps, Histograms, and Appendices
 
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Family Charadriidae

Body Size: Medium
Foraging Guild: Terrestrial/aquatic gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - wet to 10 cm; vegetative cover - bare to dense
Migration Distance: Intermediate
Migration Pattern: Widespread
Dispersion: Broadly dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 10 spring and 14 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

Six sites with highest counts: (see Appendix for more information)

1. Great Salt Lake area, Utah

2. Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

3. Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan

4. Grand Terre, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

5. Bolivar Flats, Galveston Island, Texas

6. Beaverhill Lake, Alberta

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