#0663 · 🐦 birds

Black-bellied Plover

🇳🇱 Zilverplevier ·Pluvialis squatarola

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The grey plover ( Pluvialis squatarola ), known as the black-bellied plover in North America, is a medium-sized plover breeding in Arctic regions. It is a long-distance migrant, with a nearly worldwide coastal distribution when not breeding. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia , "rain". It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent. The species name squatarola is a Latinised version of Sgatarola , a Venetian name for some kind of...

base stats

NL sightings 242iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 59,802iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).