Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarola - Pluvier argenté

Pluvier argenté
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Charadriidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pluvialis

  • Species
    :

    squatarola

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 31 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 71 à 83 cm.
  • Weight
    : 170 à 240 g
Longevity

14 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pluvier argenté
♂ adult plum. breeding
Pluvier argenté
♀ adult plum. breeding

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Pluvialis squatarola squatarola (n Eurasia and Alaska)
  • Pluvialis squatarola tomkovichi (Wrangel I.. ne Siberia.)
  • Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae (n Canada)

Foreign names

  • Pluvier argenté,
  • Chorlito gris,
  • tarambola-cinzenta,
  • Kiebitzregenpfeifer,
  • ezüstlile,
  • Zilverplevier,
  • Pivieressa,
  • kustpipare,
  • Tundralo,
  • kulík bledý,
  • kulík bledý,
  • Strandhjejle,
  • tundrakurmitsa,
  • Grysstrandkiewiet,
  • pigre gris,
  • Grálóa,
  • siewnica,
  • jūras ķīvīte,
  • črna prosenka,
  • Тулес,
  • Cerek besar,
  • ダイゼン,
  • 灰斑鸻,
  • นกหัวโตสีเทา,
  • 灰斑鴴,

Voice song and cries

Pluvier argenté
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Pluvier argenté
adult plum. post breeding

Grassland : Tundra ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Pluvier argenté
published: - Updated: 17-09-2017
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