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{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | name = Grey plover | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2024 |title=''Pluvialis squatarola'' |volume=2024 |page=e.T22693749A254375039 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22693749A254375039.en |access-date=28 October 2024}}</ref> | image = Breeding plumage Black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Great Bay Wildlife Management Area, New Jersey, USA.png | image_caption = Adult in breeding plumage in the Great Bay WMA, NJ. | genus = Pluvialis | species = squatarola | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | range_map = Pluvialis squatarola map.svg | range_map_caption = Geographical distribution of Grey Plover. {{legend|#FF7F2A|Breeding}}{{legend|#FFDD55|Migration}}{{legend|#5F8DD3|Nonbreeding}} | synonyms = ''Tringa squatarola'' {{small|Linnaeus, 1758}} }} [[File:BBPlover Scarborough Marsh.png|thumb|Black-Bellied Plover in non-breeding plumage in Scarborough Marsh, ME]] The '''grey plover''' or '''black-bellied plover''' ('''''Pluvialis squatarola''''') is a large [[plover]] breeding in [[Arctic]] regions. It is a long-distance [[bird migration|migrant]], with a nearly worldwide [[coast]]al distribution when not breeding.<ref name=hayman/>
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