Grey Plover / Pluvialis squatarola VU
- Synonyms Gray Plover, Silver Plover, Black Bellied Plover, Bullhead, Black-bellied Plover, Grey Plover/Black-bellied Plover, Gray Plover/Black-bellied Plover
- Old latin name for bird Tringa helvetica, Squatarola megarhynchos, Squatarola grisea, Squatarola squatarola, Vanellus melanogaster, Tringa varia, Squatarola cinerea, Squatarola helvetica, Charadrius megalorhynchus, Squatarola rhynchomega, Charadrius hypomelus, Charadrius hypomelanus, Tringa squatarola, Charadrius squatarola, Charadrius naevius, Charadrius pardela, Charadrius helveticus
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Where to see Grey Plover
- Breeding region Eurasia, North America
- Breeding subregion high (locally low) Arctic coasts and is. (except Ellesmere I., Greenland, Scandinavia and is. from Svalbard to Severnaya Zemlya)
- Non breeding region Worldwide, temperate to tropical coasts (except remote is.)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Réunion
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Åland Islands
Grey Plover subspecies (3)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae | nc to ne high Arctic Canada coast and is. to Baffin I. (except Ellesmere and satellites) | coastal North and South America | No |
| Pluvialis squatarola squatarola | high Arctic coasts from nw Russia to Chukotskiy Pen. (including New Siberian Is., n of ec Siberia) and w, n Alaska | w, s Europe, Africa, s, e Asia and Australasia and w Americas | No |
| Pluvialis squatarola tomkovichi | Wrangel I. (n of ne Siberia) | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grysstrandkiewiet |
| Albanian | Gjelëza pikaloshe |
| Arabic | الزقزاق الرمادي, الزقزاق الرمادي رهيز, زقزاق ارمد |
| Armenian | Մոխրագույն Քարադր |
| Azerbaijani | Tules, boz çovdarçı, qızılxallı qonurqanad, tüles, Boz qonurqanad |
| Bashkir | тулес |
| Basque | Pigre gris, Txirri grisa, Txirri gris |
| Belarusian | Cявец, Сявец |
| Bengali | হভমট চজচযয়া, মেটে জিরিয়া |
| Breton | Morlivid-aod, Ar morlivid-aod |
| Bulgarian | Сребриста булка |
| Catalan | pigre gris, Torlit, Fuell gris, Picre gris |
| Chinese | 灰斑(行鳥), 灰斑鸻, [hui heng], 灰斑鴴, 灰鸻, [hui-ban heng] |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 灰斑鴴, 灰鴴 |
| Chuvash | çут пуçлă шăхран, тулес |
| Cornish | Cornwhylen los |
| Croatian | zlatar pijukavac |
| Czech | kulík bledý |
| Danish | Strandhjejle |
| Dutch | Zilverplevier |
| Esperanto | arĝenta orpluvio, Arĝenta pluvio |
| Estonian | plüü |
| Faroese | Fjørulógv |
| Finnish | tundrakurmitsa |
| French | Pluvier gris, Pluvier à ventre noir, Pluvier argenté |
| Frisian | Slykwilster |
| Galician | Píllara cincenta, Tarambola cincenta, Píldora cincenta, Pigre gris |
| Georgian | კვათარი, ტულესი, რუხი მეჭვავია |
| German | Maoriregenpfeifer, Kiebiz-Regenpfeifer, Kiebitzregenpfeifer |
| Greek | Αργυρoπoύλι, Αργυροπούλι, Στακτοπλουμίδι |
| Guarani | Mbatuirusu |
| Hebrew | חופז-י חופמי מנומר, חופזי מנומר |
| Hungarian | ezüstlile, Ujjaslile |
| Icelandic | Grálóa |
| Indonesian | Trulek kli-u-i, Cerek besar, Burung Cerek Besar |
| Inuktitut | Tudliakdjuk, Anngilik |
| Irish | Feadóg Ghlas |
| Italian | Pivieressa |
| Japanese | ダイゼン |
| Kazakh | тулес, Жылқышы, Маусымқұс |
| Korean | 개꿩 |
| Latvian | Lielais tārtiņš, jūras ķīvīte, Jūrasķīvīte |
| Lithuanian | jūrinis sėjikas, Jurinis sejikas |
| Luxembourgish | Piwitschwakeleefer, Sëlwerwakeleefer |
| Macedonian | сиво блатарче, Сребрен дождосвирец, Сребрен златар |
| Malay | Rapang Kelabu, Burung Rapang Kelabu |
| Malayalam | ചാരമണൽക്കോഴി, ചാര മണല്ക്കോഴി |
| Maltese | pluviera griża, Pluviera Pastarda, Pluviera Griza |
| Manx | Feddag ghlass |
| Mongolian | Буурал сүвээцагаан, азийн сүвээцагаан, бор алаг тонгор, азийн шаргал сүвээ цагаан, цоохор тонгор, Буурал сүвээ цагаан, Тарлан хавтгаалжин, шаргал сүвээ цагаан, азийн сүвээ цагаан |
| Nepali | फुस्रे सर्षपी |
| Northern Sami | Duottarbižus |
| Norwegian | Strandlo, tundralo |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Tundralo |
| Persian | سلیم خاکستری |
| Polish | siewnica |
| Portuguese | batuíra-cinzenta, Batuiruçu-de-axila-preta / Tarambola-cinzenta, tarambola-cinzenta, batuiruçu-de-axila-preta, tarambola cinzenta, Batuira-cinzenta |
| Romanian | Ploier argintiu |
| Romansh | Gravarel d'argient |
| Russian | Tулес, Тулес, Tuless |
| Serbian | Zlatar pijukavac, Златар пиjукавац, Srebrni vivak, Златар пијукавац, sivi zujavac, Сребрни зуjавац |
| Slovak | kulík bledý |
| Slovenian | črna prosenka, crna prosenka |
| Spanish | chorlo axila-negra, Pluvial Cabezón, Playero, Chorlo Gris, Chorlito de Vientre Negro, Playero Gris, Playero panza negra, Playero Cabezón, Chorlo Artico, Chorlo ártico, Chorlito gris |
| Swahili | Сhekeamwezi, Kitwitwi Kijivu |
| Swedish | kustpipare |
| Tamil | [Kannadi al katti], Sambal Uppukkothi |
| Tatar | тулес |
| Thai | นกหัวโตสีเทา |
| Turkish | Gümüş Yağmurcun, Gümüş Yaşmurcun, Маусымқұс, Gri Yağmur Kuşu |
| Turkmen | tules çulugy |
| Ukrainian | сивка морська, Морська сивка, Тулес, Сивка морська |
| Uzbek | тулес |
| Vietnamese | Choi choi xám, Chim Choi choi xám, Chim Choi choi hoa |
| Welsh | Cornicyll llwyd , Cwtiad llwyd, Cwtiad glas |






















