Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusBonaparte, CLJL, 1825
English (US) Semipalmated Plover
The Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds inland high Arctic from Chukotskiy Peninsula (northeastern Russia) eastward through Aleutian Islands and across Canada to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia (southeastern Canada); winters coastally from Oregon and New Jersey southward to northern Chile and northern Argentina; also West Indies and GalápagosRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Charadrius semipalmatus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Semipalmated Plover
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1825
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1825
- Type locality
- Sea coast of New Jersey.
- Original description
- Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5, pt.1 p.98
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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