[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Wilson's Plover was photographed at In nesting area at Bolivar Flats Reserve, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 15, 2005)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Willson's Plover was photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 23, 2007)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This fledgling Wilson's Plover was photographed at Indian Point Park, Portland, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: August 28, 2009)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Wilson's Plover was photographed at Cameron County Reservoir #1, Laguna Vista, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: July 11, 2019)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

Named for Alexander Wilson, who collected the first specimen in Cape May, New Jersey in 1813, the Wilson's Plover was once a common breeding bird of the barrier beaches along the eastern US from New Jersey to Florida, and along the gulf to Texas. Its numbers are now reduced, due to habitat destruction, and the northern limit of its range now only reaches the coastal beaches of Maryland and Virginia. This male was photographed defending a nesting territory at Chincoteague NWR, Virginia, USA. Photo taken with a Celestron 750mm f5.6 mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1977)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This immature Wilson's Plover was photographed on Honeymoon Island near Dunedin, Florida, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: August 1981)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This female Wilson's plover in flight was photographed defending a nesting territory at Chincoteague NWR, Virginia, USA. Photo taken with a Soligor 300mm f5.6 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1977)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This Lesser Sand Plover was photographed at the tidal mudflats, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 16, 2017)