Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825

Charadriidae — Plovers

Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, is a plover of northern North America, breeding from the high Arctic and subarctic Alaska and Canada to the far north-east of Russia, with nesting also on the Aleutian Islands, the Alaskan mainland and north-west British Columbia, and south to Banks and Baffin islands, western James Bay, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Outside the breeding season it moves to coasts from Oregon and New Jersey south to northern Chile and eastern Argentina, and also occurs in Bermuda, the West Indies and the Galápagos. It is identified by its partly webbed feet.

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae — Plovers
Breeding range: North America: inland high Arctic to extreme ne Russia and subarctic Alaska and Canada: e Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Russia), c, e Aleutian Is., all Alaskan mainland and nw British Columbia to Banks and Baffin is., s to w James Bay, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia (nw to ne, se Canada)
Nonbreeding range: coastal from Oregon and New Jersey (nw, ec USA) s to n Chile and ec Argentina; also Bermuda, throughout West Indies and Galápagos