Black-bellied Plover
“Squatarola helvetica. Swiss Plover. Black-bellied Plover. Bull-head Plover. Whistling Field Plover. Ox-eye. Upper parts fretted with blackish and ashy-white, the feathers being basally, then black, tipped and usually scalloped with white. Upper tail-coverts mostly white, with few dark touches. Fore-head, line over eye and thence more broadly over side of neck, the lining of wings, tibiae, vent and under tail-coverts, white. Sides of head to an extent embracing the eyes, axillary plumes, and entire under parts (except as said), black. Tail closely barred with black and white. Primaries dark brown, blackening at tips, with large basal areas and a portion of their shafts, white. Bill and feet black.” Elliot Coues, 1884
Keywords
migratory birds, birds, ornithology, shorebirds, North American birds, carnivorous birds, migrant birds, ground forager birds, Squatarola helvetica, Swiss Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Bull-head Plover, Whistling Field Plover, Ox-eyeGalleries
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Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)
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