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Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)    Plovers and Lapwings (Charadriidae)
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Wilson's Plover 487    (1 photos)
2009-04-27    Isla Cozumel, Mexico

Subspecies: wilsonia
Female. The big bill leaves no doubt about the species. But what about the bird in the background?


Wilson's Plover 488    (1 photos)
2009-04-27    Isla Cozumel, Mexico

Subspecies: wilsonia
A heavy bird also in flight.


Wilson's Plover 1789    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (col), Mexico

Subspecies: beldingi
Male with black chest and front bands.


Wilson's Plover 1790    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (col), Mexico

Subspecies: beldingi
Among the others shorebirds it is easy to recognize by the strong bill.


Wilson's Plover 1791    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (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.


Wilson's Plover 1792    (2 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (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.


Wilson's Plover 1793    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (col), Mexico

Subspecies: beldingi
Female colored.


Wilson's Plover 1795    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (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.


Wilson's Plover 1796    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (col), Mexico

Subspecies: beldingi
Male.


Wilson's Plover 1797    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (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.


Wilson's Plover 1798    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (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.


Wilson's Plover 1799    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (col), Mexico

Subspecies: beldingi
Female type with Semipalmated Plover.


Wilson's Plover 1800    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (col), Mexico

Subspecies: beldingi
Female type.


Wilson's Plover 1801    (4 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (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.


Wilson's Plover 1805    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (col), Mexico

Subspecies: beldingi
Male in almost completa alternate plumage on the left. Extremely long bill on the bird to the right.


Wilson's Plover 1806    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (col), Mexico

Subspecies: beldingi
4 birds in the foreground.


Wilson's Plover 1807    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (col), Mexico

Subspecies: beldingi
Young male? Broad white frontal spot and indication of black breast band.


Wilson's Plover 1808    (1 photos)
2014-03-04    Laguna Cuyutlán (col), Mexico

Subspecies: beldingi
Male in the middle flanked by two likely young birds. Plus Least Sandpiper and in the background a Western Sandpiper.


Wilson's Plover 3106    (5 photos)
2019-06-08    Laguna Cuyutlán (col), 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.



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