Adult Piping Plover and Chick

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Piping plovers were common along the Atlantic Coast during much of the 19th century, but nearly disappeared due to excessive hunting for the millinery trade. The piping plover became a protected species under the Endangered Species Act on January 10, 1986. Along the Atlantic Coast it is designated as threatened, which means that the population would continue to decline if not protected. The Endangered Species Act provides penalties for taking, harassing or harming the piping plover and affords some protection to its habitat.

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Photo credit: © Cal Vornberger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: charadriiformes, animal, animals, aves, bird, birding, birds, charadrius, chick, endangered, fauna, melodus, migratory, nature, piping, plover, scolopacidae, shorebird, shorebirds, vertebrate, vertebrates, wading, wildlife, zoology