NONBREEDING BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, TIGERTAIL BEACH, MARCO ISLAND, FL

   We differentiated this Black-bellied Plover from the American Golden-Plover, which is very similar as follows:

• The pale cap, rather than the dark cap of the American Golden-Plover.
• The white belly, rather than the gray belly of the American Golden-Plover.

    You can still see some of the black on the belly from the plover's breeding plumage.