Western, central and south-central USA, north-western, central and eastern Mexico, Bahamas, Greater Antilles and Netherlands Antilles. Winters south to Panama. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus).
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) [XC286691]
by Paul Marvin from Poe Road, Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, United States (flight call)
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) [XC257558]
by John V. Moore from Guayas: \, Ecuador (flight call, song)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
nivosus (Cassin, 1858) - Western, central and south-central USA, north-western, central and eastern Mexico, Bahamas, Greater Antilles and Netherlands Antilles. Winters south to Panama. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus).
occidentalis (Cabanis, 1872) - Coastal Peru to south-central Chile. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus).