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2. Species Profile for Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

Listing Status:    and  

General Information

Size: 18 cm (7.25 in) in length. Color: Breeding season: Pale brown above, lighter below; black band across forehead; bill orange with black tip; legs orange; white rump. Male: Complete or incomplete black band encircles the body at the breast. Female: Paler head band; incomplete breast band. Winter coloration: Bill black; all birds lack breast band and head band.

Population detail

The FWS is currently monitoring the following populations of the Piping Plover 

• Population location: Great Lakes watershed in States of IL, IN, MI, MN, NY, OH, PA, and WI and Canada (Ont.)

  Listing status:  Endangered

  • States/US Territories in which this population is known to or is believed to occur:  Illinois , Indiana , Michigan , Minnesota , Mississippi , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Wisconsin
  • US Counties in which this population is known to or is believed to occur:  View All
  • USFWS Refuges in which this population is known to occur:  Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge, Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge, Fergus Falls Wetland Management District, Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Seney National Wildlife Refuge Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge, Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge  ... Show All Refuges
    
  • Countries in which the this population is known to occur:  Canada

• Population location: Entire, except those areas where listed as endangered above

  Listing status:  Threatened

  • States/US Territories in which this population is known to or is believed to occur:  Alabama , Arkansas , Colorado , Connecticut , Florida , Georgia , Iowa , Kansas , Louisiana , Maine , Massachusetts , Minnesota , Missouri , Montana , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , North Carolina , North Dakota , Oklahoma , Rhode Island , South Carolina , South Dakota , Texas , Virginia
  • US Counties in which this population is known to or is believed to occur:  View All
  • USFWS Refuges in which this population is known to occur:  Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge, Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Audubon Wetland Management District, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge, Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, Benton Lake Wetland Management District, Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge, Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge, Block Island National Wildlife Refuge, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge, Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge, Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge, Cottonwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Crosby Wetland Management District, Currituck National Wildlife Refuge, Dakota Tallgrass Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, Devils Lake Wetland Management District, Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, Elizabeth Alexandra Morton National Wildlife Refuge, Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge, Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge, Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge, Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, Huron Wetland Management District, Hutchinson Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge, J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District, J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Key West National Wildlife Refuge, Kulm Wetland Management District, Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge, Lake George National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge, Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Long Lake Wetland Management District, Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, Lostwood Wetland Management District, Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Madison Wetland Management District, Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge, Mcfaddin National Wildlife Refuge, Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Moody National Wildlife Refuge, Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge, National Key Deer Refuge, Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge, Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota Wildlife Management Area, Northeast Montana Wetland Management District, Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge, Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge, Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge, Pleasant Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge, Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District, Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, Sand Lake Wetland Management District, Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge, Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Sheyenne Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Silver Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Stewart B. Mckinney National Wildlife Refuge, Stewart Lake National Wildlife Refuge, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge, Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge, Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Tybee National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge, Waubay National Wildlife Refuge, Waubay Wetland Management District, Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge  ... Show All Refuges
    
  • Countries in which the this population is known to occur:  Canada, Mexico

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