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There are 2 subspecies of Piping Plovers: Charadrius melodus melodus from the Eastern part of the continent and the mid-west population is known as Charadrius melodus circumcinctus. The bird's name is derived from its plaintive bell-like whistles. The total population is currently estimated at approximately 6,410 individuals. Piping Plovers migrate north in the summer months and spend the winter to the south on the Gulf of Mexico, the south-east coast of the United States and the Caribbean. They begin migrating north beginning in March. Their breeding grounds extend from southern Newfoundland to the northern parts of South Carolina.