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Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Charadriidae Chick Type: Precocial (Only need parental attendance) Wilson's Plovers are found along the Atlantic and Gulf coastline from New Jersey to east Texas. This species winters in South Texas, Baja California, western coastline of Mexico, the Florida coastline and the coastline in northern portions of South America. Their diet consists of marine crustaceans, mollusks, worms and insects. Wilson's Plovers lay 3-4 brownish yellow eggs that takes around three weeks to hatch. Female plovers incubate the eggs during the days, while the male incubates them at night. This schedule is performed by most members of the genus. This species is named in honor of Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), who was an Scottish/American ornithologist, poet, naturalist and artist. Wilson preceded John James Audubon in doing bird work the Americas and had a large influence on Audubon. Several bird species was named in Wilson's honor, such as Wilson's Pharaope, Wilson's Warbler and Wilson's Storm-petrel. |
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