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NATURE - Aquatic Birds -
Plovers
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Plovers are a widely distributed family of shorebirds with 66 species worldwide. Although they look and act similar to sandpipers, they are only very distantly related. Plovers have relatively short bills and they hunt primarily by sight feeding mainly on insects, worms, and other invertebrates.
American
Golden Plover
Black-bellied
Plover
Killdeer
Piping
Plover
Semipalmated
Plover
