Editing Wilson's plover (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Wilson's Plover male RWD2.jpg
| image_caption = Breeding male (pair of below)
| image2 = Wilson's Plover female RWD9.jpg
| image2_caption = Breeding female (pair of above)
| name = Wilson's plover
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 25 September 2021">{{cite iucn |author1=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Charadrius wilsonia'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22693774A93421931 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693774A93421931.en |access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Anarhynchus
| species = wilsonia
| authority = ([[George Ord|Ord]], 1814)
| range_map = Charadrius wilsonia map.svg
| range_map_caption = Range
{{leftlegend|#7137C8|Year-round}}{{leftlegend|#ff6600|Breeding}}
| synonyms = ''Charadrius wilsonia'' ([[protonym]])
}}

''' Wilson's plover ''' ('''''Anarhynchus wilsonia''''') is a small [[bird]] of the family [[Charadriidae]].

It was named after the Scottish-American ornithologist [[Alexander Wilson (ornithologist)|Alexander Wilson]] by his friend [[George Ord]] in 1814.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ord|first1=George|author-link=George Ord|title=American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States|date=1814|chapter=Wilson's Plover, ''Charadrius wilsonia'' |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46338010|pages=77–78|volume=9}}</ref>

Wilson's plover is a coastal [[wader]] which breeds on both coasts of the [[Americas]] from the equator northwards. Its range extends north to include much of the [[United States|U.S.]] eastern seaboard, and the Pacific coast of [[Mexico]] on the west.