snowy plover

noun

1. a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.

Example Sentences

On Thursday, the state commission approved the increase in launches with new requirements for Space Force to increase monitoring of wildlife inside and outside the base and to analyze the effects that sonic booms have on wildlife, such as southern sea otters, California red-legged frogs, western snowy plover and California least tern.

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Visitors to the beach are likely to spot elephant seals, black-tailed coastal deer and certainly the Western snowy plover, a small shorebird that was recognized as a threatened species in 1993 by the U.S.

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An injured snowy plover that was captured did not have oil on it but also died.

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An unoiled, but injured, snowy plover that was captured also died.

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Grooming also reduces habitat for wildlife, including threatened species such as the western snowy plover.

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