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Black-bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

A winter visitor to Alabama, found in 2 of 67 counties and 3 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
2 of 67 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
2 of 67 counties
Habitats
3
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Alabama 3

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 3

Coastal dunes and beaches

White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola
WinterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal WetlandGeorge Catlin, White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola (1834-35): high white dunes with scattered clumps of dune plants above the Gulf. Shown: Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola, Florida, a neighboring state.White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola, George Catlin (1796-1872), 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterOnly within 500 m of water.Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (27)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama. Those recorded in Alabama first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (15)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Louisiana Beach Winter.
  • South Florida Shell Hash Beach Winter.
  • Southeast Florida Beach Winter.
  • Southwest Florida Beach Winter.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Winter.
Land cover and other classes (12)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Alabama

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 2 of 67 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Alabama, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 114

Plants 1485

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Alabama

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 118

Plants 134

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Alabama

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 144

Plants 38

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Alabama

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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