DESCRIPTION: The western snowy plover is a very small bird ... along the coasts of Washington, Oregon, California and Mexico, with the largest number of breeding birds occurring south of San Francisco ...

the 2 species are known to hybridize at a few localities in southern California. Polytypic (about 8 ssp. in North and Middle America; birds north of Mexico are cactophilus). Length 7". The barred ...

We successfully pressed for improved conservation measures for the bird under the San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Plan and won a landmark settlement to protect the gnatcatcher and other ...