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Snowy Plover (Anarhynchus nivosus)

Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)

About Snowy Plover (Anarhynchus nivosus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Shorebirds and Allies
  • Family: Plovers

Rounded Global Status Rank: G3 - Vulnerable

Reasons: Large but discontinuous range extending from North America to South America; populations are scattered and declining in many areas, due to habitat loss/degradation, disturbance by humans, and/or impacts of non-native and native predators; much of overall population is concentrated in relatively few areas; many populations are vulnerable to declines resulting from factors associated with climate change.


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Visits

  • 2007-01-29
    Ocean Beach, United States of America
    Image from 2007-01-29
  • 2012-07-21
    Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge - Alviso, United States of America
  • 2013-04-16
    Aransas NWR (CTC 037) (Aransas Co.), United States of America
  • 2013-04-19
    Bolivar Peninsula, United States of America
    Image from 2013-04-19
  • 2014-12-26
    Ocean Beach, United States of America
  • 2019-06-30
    Laguna Conchali, Chile