And thank you @IBIS_journal's #TWC_BIRDS and #SeabirdWorldCup for the inspiration to make #PloverWorldCup happen! So many THANK YOUS!
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PLOVER OF THE YEAR! The #HoodedPlover wins the #PloverWorldCup! Thank you so much everyone who participated! It's been two weeks of tough plover decisions! We hope you enjoyed the #PloverWorldCup as much as we did! Huge thanks to the photographers!
#PloverAppreciationDay
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The #HoodedPlover is the Plover of the Year, after a tight #PloverWorldCup FINAL where Northern Lapwing was following very close!
Thank you everyone for participating in the #PloverWorldCup! And big thanks to the generous photographers!
Keep enjoying #PloverAppreciationDay!
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1.5 hrs left!!!! Make sure you get your vote in to decide the Plover of the Year!
#PloverWorldCup #PloverAppreciationDay
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FINALLY, HAPPY #PloverAppreciationDay!!! At least in Australia 😛
Don't forget to vote in the #PloverWorldCup! 12hrs to go! Right now things are tight between #HoodedPlover and #NorthernLapwing!
We'll be tweeting ab #KnowYourPlover, our project, #CitSci & research! Stay tuned!
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#PloverWorldCup FINAL:
NORTHERN LAPWING: Familiar on farmland throughout temperate Eurasia. However, its population is decreasing and is #threatened by land-use intensification. Its iridescent green and purple feathers surely make an impressive sight in dense flocks.
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#PloverWorldCup FINAL:
PIPING PLOVER: Nests on the Atlantic coast of the U.S. and Canada and on the Great Lakes shores. After a large decrease, the population is now recovering as a result of intensive conservation management. However, numbers are still extremely vulnerable.
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#PloverWorldCup FINAL:
ST HELENA PLOVER: Featured on St Helena’s flag, this small plover is the only surviving endemic landbird on the island in the mid-Atlantic. Also known as “wirebird” by the locals, its population may have declined sharply in the 70s.
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#PloverWorldCup FINAL:
HOODED PLOVER: The most #threatened beach-nesting bird in Australia. Used to live right up to southern QLD. Now extinct there, it is only found on ocean beaches along southern Australia (including TAS) and also on inland salt lakes in southern WA.
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It’s the #PloverWorldCup FINAL!!!
Can’t wait to #PloverAppreciationDay and find out which one of these four #plovers will be the Plover of the Year!!! Only 36 hrs more!
Please vote for your favourite one & RT.
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Get excited! We have our 4 finalists for the #PloverWorldCup!!! Hooded Plover (Oceania), St Helena Plover (Africa), Piping Plover (America) and Northern Lapwing (Eurasia).
Poll opens on 14th Sept 22:00 GMT and closes on 16th Sept 8:00 GMT
#PloverAppreciationDay #KnowYourPlover
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And in the last round before the final, Northern Lapwing has been crowned #PloverWorldCup EURASIA champion! Thank you everyone for voting! Just two more days for the final and revealing the plover of the year on #PloverAppreciationDay 16th Sept!
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#PloverWorldCup EURASIA:
NORTHERN LAPWING: Common farmland plover throughout temperate Eurasia, however it is threatened by land-use intensification and changes in agricultural practices. Most populations are migratory, with important stop-over habitats on the Baltic Sea coast.
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#PloverWorldCup EURASIA:
JAVAN PLOVER: Small plover endemic to Indonesia and found also in Timor-Este. It has range where critical breeding habitats are very threatened by development and recreation. Lives on sandy beaches, mudflats and open areas around coasts.
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#PloverWorldCup EURASIA:
SOCIABLE LAPWING: This #CriticallyEndangered lapwing breeds in restricted areas of Kazakhstan and south-central Russia. Key wintering sites in Israel, Eritrea, Sudan and NW India. Rapid decline since the 30s probably due to illegal hunting .
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#PloverWorldCup EURASIA:
KENTISH PLOVER: Plover with a very wide distribution from southern Europe to Japan and northern Africa. Some populations are sedentary, but most inland and northern populations are migratory.Considered Least Concern, but overall population decreasing.
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#PloverWorldCup EURASIA:
Vote for your favourite #plover, most voted goes to the Grand #PloverWorldCup Final against contenders from all over the world!!! Plover of the Year will be revealed on #PloverAppreciationDay 16!
The poll will be open for 36hrs. Please vote & RT.
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Wow! Another tight poll! Congrats to Piping Plover for winning #PloverWorldCup AMERICA & thank you everyone!
#PloverWorldCup EURASIA will open in 11hrs! The last round before the Grand Final. The #plover of the year will be elected on #PloverAppreciationDay, Sept 16!
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#PloverWorldCup AMERICA:
DIADEMED SANDPIPER-PLOVER: A poorly known species, its relationship with other plovers is unclear. Found in the Puna grassland ecozone of the Andes Mountains. Wintering grounds at 2000m but breeds at 3500-5000m above sea-level!
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#PloverWorldCup AMERICA:
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER: Breeds in the Arctic tundra from Canada and Alaska and has wintering grounds in Patagonia. One of the longest migratory routes (~40,000km), with 3,900km over open ocean where it cannot stop to feed!
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#PloverWorldCup AMERICA:
SNOWY PLOVER: Partial migrant in North America, Central America, western South America and the Caribbean, found in coastal habitats and inland saline waterbodies. Until 2009 it was considered a subspecies of the Kentish Plover.
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#PloverWorldCup AMERICA
PIPING PLOVER: Named for its melodic mating call. Found on the Atlantic Coast of the U.S. and Canada and on the Great Lakes shores. After a large decrease, the population is now recovering as a result of intensive conservation management.
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#PloverWorldCup AMERICA:
Vote for your favourite #plover, most voted goes to the Grand #PloverWorldCup Final against contenders from all over the world!!! Plover of the Year will be revealed on #PloverAppreciationDay 16!
The poll will be open for 36hrs. Please vote & RT.
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Wow! Very tight results for #PloverWorldCup AFRICA! The remote Saint Helena Plover wins and joins the Hooded Plover in the Grand Final, which will open on Sep 14 and close on #PloverAppreciationDay 16 Sep.
Next #PloverWorldCup AMERICA on 9 Sep at 22:00 GMT! Thank you everyone!
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SAINT HELENA PLOVER: This small plover is the only surviving endemic landbird on the island of St Helena in the mid-Atlantic. Locally known as the “wirebird” because of its thin legs. Considered Vulnerable, population numbers may have declined sharply in the 70s.
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#PloverWorldCup AFRICA:
MADAGASCAR PLOVER: Small plover native to western Madagascar that lives in the shores of lagoons and breeds in salt marshes. It’s a habitat specialist that seems to be declining due to habitat loss and degradation.
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#PloverWorldCup AFRICA:
AFRICAN WATTLED LAPWING: Large and widespread resident breeder of lowland wet habitats in sub-Saharan Africa. Unmistakable: bright white forehead, yellow legs and beak and the obvious yellow wattle on the face.
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#PloverWorldCup AFRICA:
WHITE-FRONTED PLOVER: Endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, common along the coasts of southern Africa, riverbanks and inland salt pans. It’s considered Least Concern, but population in Western Cape has dropped ~40% over the last 30 years.
#ShareTheShores
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#PloverWorldCup AFRICA:
Vote for your favourite #plover, most voted goes to the Grand #PloverWorldCup Final against contenders from all over the world!!! Plover of the Year will be revealed on #PloverAppreciationDay 16!
The poll will be open for 36hrs. Please vote & RT.
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They are pretty adorable! Remember, #HoodedPlover will be in the #PloverWorldCup Final, which will open on 14 September 22:00 GMT!
Keep voting and stay tuned to see which other #plovers make it to the final! The winner will be decided on #PloverAppreciationDay 16 September!
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