Fact Card
COMMON NAME: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pluvialis squatarola
TYPE: Vagrant
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau – Rotuma
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Charadriiformes / FAMILY – Charadriidae / GENUS – Pluvialis
Video: Black-bellied Plover
Audio: Black-bellied Plover
IUCN Red List Status
References
- [Don DesJardin]. (2013, April 3). Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola [Video]. Macaulay Library. Link
- Grey plover. (2023, July 10). In Wikipedia. Link
- IUCN (2019, August 14). Black-bellied Plover. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved September 27, 2023, from Link
- [Zak Pohlen]. (2019, July 10). Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola [Audio]. Macaulay Library. Link
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – Link
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