Species

Pluvialis squatarola (Black-bellied plover)

Pluvialis squatarola. Photo: (c) Greg Schrott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola), known as the black-bellied plover in North America, is a medium-sized plover breeding in Arctic regions. It is a long-distance migrant, with a nearly worldwide coastal distribution when not breeding. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, “rain”. It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent. The species name squatarola is a Latinised version of Sgatarola, a Venetian name for some kind of…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
        Family: Charadriidae (Plovers and lapwings)
        Genus: Pluvialis (Golden plovers and black-bellied plover)
        Species: Pluvialis squatarola (Black-bellied plover)

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