Editing Grey plover (section)

==Taxonomy==
The grey plover was [[Species description|formally described]] by the Swedish naturalist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in 1758 in the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|tenth edition]] of his ''[[Systema Naturae]]'' under the [[binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] ''Tringa squatarola''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=Carl | author-link=Carl Linnaeus | year=1758 | title= Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis | volume=1 | edition=10th | page=149 | publisher=Laurentii Salvii | location=Holmiae (Stockholm) | language=Latin | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727056 }}</ref> It is now placed with three other plovers in the [[genus]] ''[[Pluvialis]]'' that was introduced by the French ornithologist [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson]] in 1760.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Brisson | first=Mathurin Jacques | author-link=Mathurin Jacques Brisson | year=1760 | title=Ornithologie, ou, Méthode Contenant la Division des Oiseaux en Ordres, Sections, Genres, Especes & leurs Variétés | language=French, Latin | at=[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36010444 Vol. 1, p. 46], [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36294254 Vol. 5, p. 42] | place=Paris | publisher=Jean-Baptiste Bauche }}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2021 | title=Sandpipers, snipes, coursers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sandpipers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=20 November 2021 }}</ref> The genus name is [[Latin]] and means relating to rain, from ''pluvia'', "rain".  It was believed that they flocked when rain was imminent. The species name ''squatarola'' is a [[Latin]]ised version of ''Sgatarola'', a Venetian name for some kind of plover.<ref name=job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n311 311], [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n363 363]}}</ref>

The English [[common name]] used for this species differs in different parts of the world. It is generally known as "grey plover" in the [[Old World]] and "black-bellied plover" in the [[New World]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Poole |first1=A. F. |last2=Pyle |first2=P. |last3=Patten |first3=M. A. |last4=Paulson |first4=D. R. |title=Black Bellied Plover |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/bkbplo |website=Birds of the World |publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>

Three [[subspecies]] are recognised:<ref name=ioc/>
* ''P. s. squatarola'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – breeds in north Eurasia and Alaska; non-breeding in west, south Europe, Africa, south, east Asia and Australasia and west Americas
* ''P. s. tomkovichi'' Engelmoer & Roselaar, 1998 – breeds on [[Wrangel Island]] (northeast Siberia) 
* ''P. s. cynosurae'' (Thayer & [[Outram Bangs|Bangs]], 1914) – breeds north Canada; non-breeding along coastal North and South America