Wilson's Plover
Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 4,609
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
Description
Wilson's plover (Anarhynchus wilsonia) is a small bird of the family Charadriidae. It was named after the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson by his friend George Ord in 1814. Wilson's plover is a coastal wader which breeds on both coasts of the Americas from the equator northwards. Its range extends north to include much of the U.S. eastern seaboard, and the Pacific coast of Mexico on the west.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Wilson's plover”.