>> GENERAL >>>>>
– medium-sized wader, size like a large thrush
– nocturnal/diurnal migrant
– migrates singly or in small loose flocks
– regularly mixed with other waders
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola, 2CY
BIF0462, 03/02/2012, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola, 2CY
BIF0463, 03/02/2012, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola
BIF3529, 15/09/2020, Falsterbo, Sweden, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola, AD
BIF0569, 01/07/2015, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola, AD
BIF2820, 21/08/2017, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola, AD
BIF0570, 01/07/2015, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola, AD
BIF0571, 01/07/2015, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola
BIF3525, 14/09/2020, Falsterbo, Sweden, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola
BIF3527, 14/09/2020, Falsterbo, Sweden, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola
BIF3526, 14/09/2020, Falsterbo, Sweden, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola
Red Knot Calidris canutus
BIF0685, 01/09/2015, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola
Red Knot Calidris canutus
BIF0686, 01/09/2015, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola, AD BREED
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica ssp., AD BREED
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ssp., AD BREED
BIF1272, 13/05/2016, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola, AD BREED
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., AD BREED
BIF3572, 06/08/2021, Salzhaff, Germany, Roland Neumann
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola, AD
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa l. lapponica, M F AD
BIF3059, 15/08/2018, Dierhagen, Germany, Roland Neumann
– migrants at dawn
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola, AD
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa l. lapponica, M F AD
BIF3060, 15/08/2018, Dierhagen, Germany, Roland Neumann
– migrants at dawn
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola
BIF0464, 27/09/2013, Kemnerdueninen, Netherlands, Patrick Franke
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola
BIF0534, 13/08/2010, Goulven, France, Michèle Peron
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
European Golden Plover (a) (v)
American Golden Plover (a) (v)
Pacific Golden Plover (a) (v)
Eurasian Dotterel (v)
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