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Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Charadriidae Chick Type: Precocial (Only need parental attendance) Snowy Plovers are found year round the Pacific Coast and the Gulf of Mexico. One group of them breeds in the Texas panhandle, southeast corner of New Mexico, western Oklahoma and western half of Kansas. Another group breeds in Nevada and Utah area. They winter in Baja California, western coastline of Mexico and western coastline of Florida. This species is also found from Europe to Japan, Peru, Chile and the Caribbean. This species have 5-6 different subspecies. Their diet consists of marine crustaceans, mollusks, worms and insects. Snowy Plovers lay 2-6 brownish yellow spotted eggs in simple nest on beaches. Eggs that takes around three weeks to hatch. After hatching, the female will usually leave and the males will take over watching the chicks. They have two to three broods a year. The Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) is listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Please download a copy of the Recovery Plan for Pacific Coast population of the Western Snowy Plover. |
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