Plovers

Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

The Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is a 250 g grassland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Plovers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

250 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

139

Recorded in United States, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Taiwan, Portugal, Netherlands, Mexico, Norway, Australia, South Africa, Costa Rica, Belgium, Puerto Rico, India, Germany, Estonia, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Italy, China, Panama, Cuba, Belize, Thailand, Bahamas, Peru, Chile, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Poland, Ecuador, Honduras, Finland, Republic of Korea, Ireland, Namibia, BM, Kenya, Morocco, Hong Kong, Russia, Guatemala, KY, Oman, GP, El Salvador, AW, Gambia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Ukraine, BQ, Argentina, Barbados, Dominican Rep., Kuwait, Bulgaria, Curaçao, Senegal, Nicaragua, Madagascar, VI, Malaysia, Tanzania, Iran, Czechia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Austria, Indonesia, Jamaica, TC, Trinidad and Tobago, SC, MF, Hungary, Croatia, Mozambique, Ghana, Egypt, Georgia, AI, GF, Cabo Verde, Slovenia, Romania, Qatar, Guam, Isle of Man, Bangladesh, Suriname, JE, Uruguay, Guyana, Grenada, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Antigua and Barb., Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Mongolia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus, Bahrain, Haiti, Lithuania, Guinea-Bissau, EH, KN, Djibouti, Mauritania, Iceland, Latvia, Timor-Leste, Palau, Cambodia, Libya, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, VG, New Zealand, Gabon, Belarus, Slovakia, Pakistan, Yemen, RE, Angola, Montenegro.

Where to see it: Shoreline by the Mogadishu airport ( Between N 2° 00.242’, E 45° 17.529’ and N 2° 00.752, E 45° 18.283) (Somalia); Jeff's Pirate Cove (Guam); Secteur Aéroport, YT (Mayotte); Long Bay Beach Lagoon (British Virgin Islands); Vasière des Badamiers (Mayotte).

Photo: (c) Terry Woodward, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist