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Piping plover

Birds
The piping plover is a small sand-colored, sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America. The adult has yellow-orange-red legs, a black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black... Wikipedia
Conservation status: Near Threatened (Population increasing)
Scientific name: Charadrius melodus
Mass: 1.7 oz (Adult)
Size: approximately 7 inches
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Charadrius
Kingdom: Animalia