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Charadrius squatarola (summer plumage). 
Charadrius squatarola (winter plumage). Charadrius squatarola (foot). 
This species may always be distinguished from the Golden Plover by 
the presence of a rudimentary hind toe and the black axillars, which are 
gray in the Golden Plover. 
It ranges from the Arctic regions to South America, being common 
on the Atlantic coast during migrations. It breeds in the far North; the 
eggs are usually four, pale olive brown, spotted and speckled with brown 
and black. 
