| Western snowy 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 |
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| Subspecies: | A. n. nivosus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Anarhynchus nivosus nivosus (Cassin, 1858)
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The western snowy plover (Anarhynchus nivosus nivosus) is a small wader in the plover bird family. They are currently federally listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act as Threatened.[2] Human activity, habitat loss and predation are the biggest contributors to population degradation. A recovery plan was approved under the US Fish and Wildlife Service in 2007. Recovery actions and monitoring are crucial for these vulnerable seabirds.[3]
- ^ NatureServe (30 June 2023). "Charadrius nivosus nivosus". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "Endangered Species Act | FWS.gov". www.fws.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ Marcot, Bruce G.; Lyons, James E.; Elbert, Daniel C.; Todd, Laura (February 2021). "Using Decision Science for Monitoring Threatened Western Snowy Plovers to Inform Recovery". Animals. 11 (2): 569. Bibcode:2021Anima..11..569M. doi:10.3390/ani11020569. ISSN 2076-2615. PMC 7926560. PMID 33671701.