Snowy Plover (North America; formerly Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) has now been split from Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus; Europe, Asia) as Charadrius nivosus. See The Auk 126(4): 839−852 (2009) http://www.bath.ac.uk/bio-sci/biodiversity-lab/publications/kupper_auk_2009.pdf (pdf file) for scientific details; the split has been accepted by the International Ornithological Congress (IOC).
BirdFiles entries have been updated:
Kentish Plover: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/361/
Snowy Plover: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/2693/
Time to update your books, and personal records, if any!
Resin
This message was edited Nov 9, 2009 1:24 AM
Kentish Plover and Snowy Plover split
We have the Piping Plover in this area & have no idea of the scientific name.
Piping Plover is a different species (and always has been treated so), Charadrius melodus. BirdFiles page: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/439/
Resin
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