Stock Photo: Black-Bellied Plover Feeding At Seaside Beach
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Black-bellied Plover feeding at seaside beach. It is a chunky, medium-sized shorebird with short, stout bill. In breeding season, shows striking black face and belly with bold black-and-white checkering on upperparts. note clean white undertail. In nonbreeding season, more uniformly drab gray with whitish belly. Juveniles are crisp and neatly spangled above, often with a soft golden hue. Often confused with golden-plovers. In all seasons, note Black-bellied`s stockier shape, thicker bill, and diagnostic black “armpits†in flight. Feeds on beaches and mudflats by walking or running, stopping, and pecking at the surface. Often in flocks.
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