Editing Wilson's plover (section)

==Range and habitat==
It is a partial [[bird migration|migrant]]. Birds leave the United States, except [[Florida]], to winter south in [[Brazil]]. Some Mexican birds leave in winter for [[Peru]]. Furthermore, a small [[Resident bird|resident]] population is known from Brazil, it being named as a new [[subspecies]], ''brasiliensis'', in 2008.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Grantsau, R.  |author2=Lima, P. C.  |name-list-style=amp |year=2008|url=http://www.ao.com.br/download/ao142_4.pdf |title=Uma nova subespécie de ''Charadrius wilsonia'' (Aves, Charadriiformes) para o Brasil|journal=Atualidades Ornitológicas|volume= 142|pages= 4–5}}</ref> In 2012 it was established that this is a [[junior synonym]], and the correct name for the subspecies is ''crassirostris''.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Carlos, C. J.|author2=J-F. Voisin|name-list-style=amp |year=2012|title=''Charadrius wilsonia brasiliensis'' Grantsau & Lima, 2008, is a junior synonym of ''Charadrius crassirostris'' Spix, 1825|journal= Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club|volume= 131|issue=1|pages= 165–170}}</ref> This also means that one of the subspecies of the [[greater sand plover]] had to be renamed.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Carlos, C. J.|author2=S. Roselaar|author3=J-F. Voisin|name-list-style=amp |year=2012|title=A replacement name for Charadrius leschenaultii crassirostris (Severtzov, 1873), a subspecies of Greater Sand Plover|journal= Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club |volume=132|issue=1|pages= 63–65}}</ref>

[[File:Wilson's Plover.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Example alt ext|A plover on [[Sanibel Island]], Florida.]] 
This strictly coastal plover nests on a bare scrape on sandy beaches or sandbars.