Charadrius semipalmatus

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Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: coastal sand beaches and mudflats, freshwater marshes • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

Biology

Diet

Primarily aquatic invertebrates .

Reproduction

• Clutch Size: 4
• Length of Incubation : 23-25 days
• Days to Fledge : 22-31
• Number of Broods: 1

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

Piping Plover, Wilson's Plover, Common Ringed Plover

Members of the genus Charadrius

There are approximately 134 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. alexandrinus (Western Snowy Plover) · C. alexandrinus alexandrinus (Western Snowy Plover) · C. alexandrinus dealbatus (Snowy Plover) · C. alexandrinus nivosus (Western Snowy Plover) · C. alexandrinus occidentalis · C. alexandrinus seebohmi · C. alexandrinus ssp · C. alexandrinus tenellus · C. alexandrinus tenuirostris (Southeastern Snowy Plover) · C. alexandrius · C. alexarinus occidentalis · C. alticola (Puna Plover) · C. apricarius · C. armatus · C. asiaticus (Caspian Plover) · C. asiaticus asiaticus · C. asiaticus veredus · C. atrifrons · C. australis (Inland Dotterel) · C. bicinctus (Double-Banded Plover) · C. bicinctus bicinctus (Double-Banded Plover) · C. bicinctus exilis · C. cantianus · C. cinctus (Red-Kneed Dotterel) · C. collaris (Collared Plover) · C. coronatus · C. crassirostris · C. cucullatus · C. curonicus · C. cursor · C. dominica dominica · C. dominicus · C. dubius (Little Ringed Plover) · C. dubius charadrius (Little Ringed Plover) · C. dubius curonicus (Little Ringed Plover) · C. dubius dubius (Little Ringed Plover) · C. dubius jerdoni · C. falklaicus · C. falklandicus (Two-Banded Plover) · C. falklandicus alticola · C. forbesi (Forbes's Plover) · C. fulvus · C. geoffroyi · C. hiaticula (Common Ringed Plover) · C. hiaticula harrisoni · C. hiaticula hiaticula (Common Ringed Plover) · C. hiaticula kolymensis · C. hiaticula psammodroma · C. hiaticula psammodromus · C. hiaticula semipalmatus · C. hiaticula tundrae (Common Ringed Plover) · C. himantopus · C. javanicus (Javan Sand Plover) · C. leschenaulti · C. leschenaultii (Greater Sand Plover) · C. leschenaultii columbinus · C. leschenaultii crassirostris · C. leschenaultii leschenaultii (Greater Sand-Plover) · C. lugubris · C. marginatus (White-Fronted Sand Plover) · C. marginatus arenaceus · C. marginatus hesperius · C. marginatus marginatus (White-Fronted Sand Plover) · C. marginatus mechowi · C. marginatus pallidus · C. marginatus tenellus · C. melanops (Black-Fronted Plover) · C. melanopterus · C. melodius · C. melodus (Western Piping Plover) · C. melodus circumcinctus (Piping Plover) · C. melodus melodus (Western Piping Plover) · C. minor · C. modestus (Rufous-Chested Dotterel) · C. monachus · C. mongolus (Short-Billed Sand Plover) · C. mongolus atrifrons · C. mongolus litoralis · C. mongolus mongolus (Short-Billed Sand Plover) · C. mongolus pamirensis · C. mongolus schaeferi · C. mongolus stegmanni (Eastern Lesser Sand-Plover) · C. montana · C. montanus (Mountain Plover) · C. morinellus (Eurasian Dotterel) · C. nivosus · C. nivosus nivosus · C. novaeseelandiae (Long-Billed Plover) · C. obscurus (Red-Breasted Dotterel) · C. obscurus aquilonius · C. obscurus obscurus (Red-Breasted Dotterel) · C. occidentalis · C. oedicnemus · C. pallidus (Chestnut-Banded Plover) · C. pallidus pallidus · C. pallidus venustus · C. pecuarius (Kittlitz's Sand Plover) · C. pecuarius allenbyi · C. pecuarius pecuarius (Kittlitz's Sand Plover) · C. peronii (Malaysian Sand Plover)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. Charadrius semipalmatus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 27 providers.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 14, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Bird Studies Canada: BC Coastal Waterbird Survey
• Bird Studies Canada: Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Bird Collection
• EMAN Provider: PIROP (Shipboard Surveys)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
• Royal Ontario Museum: Bird specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Alberta: University of Alberta Ornithology Collection
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851170
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176506
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13297138
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176506
• IUCN ID: 49139
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNNB03060
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4530

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