Grey
Plover [Black-bellied Plover] (Pluvialis squatarola)
Range: world wide. Circumpolar breeder,
winteing widly across the northern hemisphere.
Fig. 1. Living up to its North American name,
a spring adult in striking alternate-plumage.
For more photos of Black-bellied Plover in various
plumages, click here.
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