Grey Plover

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Costa del Este, Panama, 9 May 2010

Bird name: Grey Plover
Latin: Pluvialis squatarola
Other: Black Bellied Plover (US) • Pluvier argenté (Fr)
Family: Charadriidae • Plovers
Range: Worldwide

The above Grey Plover (or Black-Bellied Plover) were seen on the beach by the airport in Panama City in good numbers, mixed with other seabirds, in May.

In full breeding plumage they have a well-defined black band running from face to belly. The others are in non-breeding plumage, like those below seen in France in March.

Grey Plover breed in the Arctic and migrate to southern coastlines worldwide in the northern winter.








Below, presumed Grey Plover, in non-breeding plumage, the Camargue in March.

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Camargue, France • Mar 2009 • Do not copy without permission