Wilson's plover
Charadrius wilsonia
Identification Tips:
- Small shorebird
- Short, thick, dark bill
- Legs flesh-colored
- Upperparts medium-gray
- Underparts white
- White collar
Adult alternate
- Broad black breast band
- White forehead and supercilium
- Black patch above white forehead
- Gray crown and cheeks
Adult basic
- Incomplete gray breast band
- White forehead and supercilium
- Gray crown and cheeks
Juvenile
- Incomplete gray breast band
- White forehead and supercilium
- Pale fringes to upperparts
- Gray crown and cheeks
Similar species:
The relatively thick black bill and flesh-colored legs distinguish this
species from the other small plovers. Killdeer has two breast bands.