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Piping plover
Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)
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References
IUCN Red List (May, 2006)
http://www.redlist.org
Michigan State University Extension: Michigan Natural Features Inventory (January, 2006)
http://web4.msue.msu.edu/mnfi/abstracts/zoology/Charadrius_melodus.pdf
BirdLife International (January, 2006)
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species
About.com (January, 2006)
http://birding.about.com/library/weekly/aa031401a.htm
The South Carolina Wildlife Federation (January, 2006)
http://www.scwf.org/articles/index.php?view=71
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce (January, 2006)
http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Charad_melodu.htm
Georgia Museum of Natural History (January, 2006)
http://naturalhistory.uga.edu/gawildlife/birds/charadriiformes/cmelodus.html
Texas Parks and Wildlife (January, 2006)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/piplover
Environment Canada: Species at Risk (January, 2006)
http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/search/speciesDetails_e.cfm?speciesID=687
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