OCCURRENCE OF SNOWY AND COLLARED PLOVERS IN THE INTERIOR OF MEXICO

Abstract

The A.O.U. (1983) noted breeding by Snowy Plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus) in the interior of North America south to southern Arizona and southern New Mexico; all records for Mexico (breeding and winter) were coastal. The Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris) is described as resident from Sinaloa and Veracruz south through Middle America, primarily in coastal areas (A.O.U. 1983, Friedmann et al. 1950). We detail here several recent records (since 1982) of both of these plovers from the interior of northern and central Mexico.