Scientific name:
Anarhynchus wilsonia
Wilson’s Plover Fact File
Distribution: Coastal regions of eastern and southern USA, Central America and northern South America. Predominantly resident between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator, Migratory either side of that range.
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Subspecies: Four.
∗ A. w. wilsonia (Orde 1814)
∗ A. w. beldingi (Ridgway 1919)
∗ A. w. cinnamominus (Ridgway 1919)
∗ A. w. crassirostris (Spix 1825)
Current conservation efforts:
None
Gallery:
All photographs by Elis Simpson – Wader Quest