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Eurasian Dotterel
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Snowy Plover
Mongolian Plover
Mountain Plover
Wilson's Plover
15-20 cm (6-8") Uncommon. Sandy beaches, rivers, lakeshores.
Small, sparrow-sized plover.
Pale sandy upperparts, white underparts. Single, complete or incomplete dark neck-ring; white forehead; short, thick, orange bill with black tip; legs orange. In winter, bill is all dark.
In flight: white rump.
Told from Snowy Plover by thicker bill, paler back and lack of ear patch.
Human activity on beaches is destroying habitat.
Song: whistled "peep" or "peep-lo".
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