Snowy Plover

Anarhynchus nivosus

IUCN: Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Anarhynchus
eBird Code: snoplo5

Subspecies (2)

Anarhynchus nivosus nivosus

breeds coastal Washington, inland Saskatchewan, and coastal Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan Peninsula, inland central Mexico, and central Bahamas to Virgin Islands; winters to Panama
Anarhynchus nivosus occidentalis

coastal southwestern Ecuador to south-central Chile

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (snoplo5) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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