Snowy or Piping plover

[Raul Quinones]

I originally ID this birds as snowy plovers, but somebody corrected me, I was told this are Piping plovers...
HELP! Fort De Soto; Oct 11,2008
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Thanks, Raul

[Daniel Cadieux]

Easiest way to tell them apart is leg colour. Yellow= Piping, dark gray= Snowy. The Piping also has a stubier bill than the Snowy. These look like they are non-breeding adult plumage.

[Raul Quinones]

Thanks Daniel.

[Steve Maxson]

Agree with Daniel. These are piping plovers for sure.

[John Chardine]

The other feature is the relatively small head and eye of the Piping Plover. The Snowy looks very "big-headed" and "big-eyed" in comparison.