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Snowy Plover

Anarhynchus nivosus

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 427, February 273, March 330, April 269, May 203, June 189, July 246, August 349, September 389, October 333, November 468, December 376.
California8,091
Oregon729
Mexico728
Texas545
Chile193
Kansas153
Baja California Sur150
Yucatan125
Baja California122
Nayarit105

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderShorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes
FamilyPlovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
GenusSand Plovers and Allies · Anarhynchus

Sources

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Practise Snowy Plover with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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