Piping Plover
In 1986, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the piping plover as endangered in the Great Lakes watershed of both the U.S. and Canada, and as threatened in the remainder of its range in the U.S. The plover breeds in three geographic regions of North America: the Great Lakes (currently U.S. only), the Northern Great Plains (U.S. and Canada), and the Atlantic Coast (North Carolina to Canada). The plovers migrate through and winter in coastal areas of the U.S. from North Carolina to Texas and in portions of Mexico and the Caribbean and spend up to 10 months of their life cycle on their migration and winter grounds. They can be seen in South Carolina from July 15 through as late as May 15.
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) | Summary
Program Documents
Habitat Management Recommendations
Kiawah Island East End Erosion and Beach Restoration Project
2010 Nonbreeding Piping Plover Conservation Workshop Proceedings
BMPs For Shoreline Stabilization To Avoid And Minimize Adverse Environmental Impacts
Inventory Of Habitat Modifications To Tidal Inlets In The Coastal Migration And Wintering Range
The Status of Sandy Oceanfront Beach Habitat In The Coastal Migration And Wintering Range
South Carolina Shorebird Project Final Report
Piping Plover Survey and Band Resighting Information
PIPL Band Identification Training
How To Resight and Report Banded Piping Plovers
Program Links
SCDNR Seabird and Shorebird Program
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