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Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus · Family Charadriidae
Charadrius semipalmatus
Family Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,757,768
- Countries and territories with records
- 81
About this species
This species has 1,757,768 occurrence records from 81 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (73.3%), Canada (16%), Mexico (1.8%) and Costa Rica (1.2%); together they account for 92.2% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.12% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Charadrius semipalmatus combines the genus name Charadrius with the species epithet semipalmatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Charadrius; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Charadrius vociferus, Charadrius hiaticula and Charadrius melodus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 44 species of the family Charadriidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Charadrius vociferus. Its record count is 2.7 times the family average (660,385). The family Charadriidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.