. . . . . . . . "Snowy plover"@en . "NT" . "IUCN3.1" . "The snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) is a small wader in the plover bird family. It breeds in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern and western USA and the Caribbean. Long considered to be a subspecies of the Kentish plover, it is now known to be a distinct species."@en . .