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Wilson's Plover

Charadrius wilsonia

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Year-round and summer in Florida, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 4 habitats found here.

Seasons here
Year-round and summer
Breeding
Breeding
Range
26 of 67 counties
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Seasons in Florida
Year-round and summer
Breeding
Breeding
Counties in known range
26 of 67
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Summer model Winter model

Habitats in Florida 4

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

1 of 4

Freshwater marshes

Georgia pond and emergent wetland
Summer and winterSouth Florida Everglades Sawgrass MarshRegional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

Summer and winterAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach; Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Southeast Florida Beach; South Florida Shell Hash Beach; Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation; Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach; Southwest Florida Beach; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland; Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead.

Summer and winter

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

Summer and winterAtlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh; Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh; Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh
Other habitats in its models (12)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida.

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Sandy Beach Summer and winter
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer and winter
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Summer and winter
  • Louisiana Beach Summer and winter
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer and winter
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Summer and winter
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter
  • South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer and winter
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer and winter

Habitat names: NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0.

Seasons in Florida

Modeled range from USGS maps (2001), by watershed. Not sighting records. Migratory gives no dates. USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps

  • Year-round. Breeding and nonbreeding. Range includes 26 of 67 counties
  • Summer. Breeding. Range includes 20 of 67 counties

Also found in this habitat

Plants 134

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 198

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Florida. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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