Galapagos Species Database
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Charadrius wilsonia
Chorlo de Wilson, Willson´s Plover
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Charadrius
Species
wilsonia
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Three birds recorded at Cormorant Point, Floreana Island in 1969 (Harris 1973 in Wiedenfeld 2006).
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Charadrius wilsonia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5063. Accessed 31 October 2026.