ABACO’S SIX PLOVER SPECIES

WILSON’S PLOVER Ochthodromus wilsonia  PR B 2

‘Broken Wing Display’ to distract predators from a nesting area

BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER  Pluvialis squatarola   WR 1 (Intermediate Plumage)

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER  Pluvialis dominica  TR 4

 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER Charadrius semipalmatus WR 2

KILLDEER Charadrius vociferus WR 2

PIPING PLOVER  Charadrius melodus WR 3

Photo credits: Sandy Walker, Craig Nash, Tom Sheley, Clare Latimer, Tony Hepburn, Bruce Hallett, Tom Reed