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Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) Plovers and Lapwings (Charadriidae)
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	487 (1 photos) 2009-04-27 Isla de Cozumel, Quintana Roo (Roo), Mexico Subspecies: wilsonia Female. The big bill leaves no doubt about the species. But what about the bird in the background?
	488 (1 photos) 2009-04-27 Isla de Cozumel, Quintana Roo (Roo), Mexico Subspecies: wilsonia A heavy bird also in flight.
	1789 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Male with black chest and front bands.
	1790 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Among the others shorebirds it is easy to recognize by the strong bill.
	1791 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Female colored. Changing to alternate in Feb-Mar, so both sexes are possible here. Ochre in supercilium and brownish breast band.
	1792 (2 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Male with black breast and forehead band. Ochre colored rear part of eyebrow indicates that the bird is still molting into alternate. Here with probably young Semipalmated Plover.
	1793 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Female colored.
	1795 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Male with black breast band and forehead patch. Especially males in alternate plumage of this subspecies can show a lot of ochre on the head, but there is variation.
	1796 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Male.
	1797 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Female type in the background. Notice the two other birds, where it is obvious how the white collar is broken on the nape. The bird to the right could very well be an adult male with plenty of ochre in the head.
	1798 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Difficult to say anything definitive about sex and age here. The bird in the middle clearly has new back feathers, but expect that both the young and old birds can molt these during pre alternate.
	1799 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Female type with Semipalmated Plover.
	1800 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Female type.
	1801 (4 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Female. Limited white frontal patch and eyebrow as well as brownish breast band with a tint of ochre, which should be rather common among the females of this subspecies.
	1805 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Male in almost completa alternate plumage on the left. Extremely long bill on the bird to the right.
	1806 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi 4 birds in the foreground.
	1807 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Young male? Broad white frontal spot and indication of black breast band.
	1808 (1 photos) 2014-03-04 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi Male in the middle flanked by two likely young birds. Plus Least Sandpiper and in the background a Western Sandpiper.
	3106 (5 photos) 2019-06-08 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Jalisco (Jal), Mexico Subspecies: beldingi (by location) Adult. And going to say unmistakable but only if you see it well. When I saw this bird from the distance it posed in a way that made me suspect and hope for a Collared Plover. They share the same plumage and bare part patterns in breeding plumage, but are structurally different with Wilson having shorter legs, but stronger and longer horizontal body plus stronger bill. This bird acted anxious refusing to fly away from the area...as if I had approached a hidden nest.