| Wilson's plover | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Anarhynchus |
| Species: | A. wilsonia
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| Binomial name | |
| Anarhynchus wilsonia (Ord, 1814)
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| Range
Year-round Breeding
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| Synonyms | |
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Charadrius wilsonia (protonym) | |
Wilson's plover (Anarhynchus wilsonia) is a small bird of the family Charadriidae.
It was named after the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson by his friend George Ord in 1814.[2]
Wilson's plover is a coastal wader which breeds on both coasts of the Americas from the equator northwards. Its range extends north to include much of the U.S. eastern seaboard, and the Pacific coast of Mexico on the west.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Charadrius wilsonia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693774A93421931. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693774A93421931.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Ord, George (1814). "Wilson's Plover, Charadrius wilsonia". American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Vol. 9. pp. 77–78.