A small buff-coloured bird of coastal areas in eastern North America.
Charadrius melodus, family Charadriidae
Example sentencesExamples
Another plover you probably hope to view is the piping plover, cause of both agitation and celebration, depending upon your particular point of view.
Management of piping plovers includes control of predators such as red foxes, raccoons, gulls, and crows.
The endangered piping plover, found nowhere else in Quebec, nests on the islands' beaches.
East Hampton beaches have been the preferred nesting location for about 22 pairs of threatened piping plovers in the last several years, but chick mortality has been around 60 percent.
Three piping plovers, 50 least terns, and one oystercatcher were raised.
Definition of piping plover in US English:
piping plover
noun
A small buff-colored bird of coastal areas in eastern North America.
Charadrius melodus, family Charadriidae
Example sentencesExamples
East Hampton beaches have been the preferred nesting location for about 22 pairs of threatened piping plovers in the last several years, but chick mortality has been around 60 percent.
Management of piping plovers includes control of predators such as red foxes, raccoons, gulls, and crows.
Another plover you probably hope to view is the piping plover, cause of both agitation and celebration, depending upon your particular point of view.
The endangered piping plover, found nowhere else in Quebec, nests on the islands' beaches.
Three piping plovers, 50 least terns, and one oystercatcher were raised.