[2] Wilson's plover is a coastal wader which breeds on both coasts of the Americas from the equator northwards.

Its range extends north to include much of the U.S. eastern seaboard, and the Pacific coast of Mexico on the west.

Birds leave the United States, except Florida, to winter south in Brazil.

[5] This strictly coastal plover nests on a bare scrape on sandy beaches or sandbars.

The breeding male has a black breast band, lores and forecrown, and a rufous mask.