Little Ringed Plover using typical plover broken wing distraction display
Photo © by Digiscoper321
West Sweden, 12 June 2020
Photo © by Digiscoper321
West Sweden, 12 June 2020
Genus: Charadrius
Description
Plovers mostly breeding in the northern half of the world, but migrating e.g., to southern Africa in non-breeding period.
Taxonomy
Charadrius is a genus in the family Charadriidae.
Eudromias vs. Charadrius
One authority (Sibley & Monroe, 1996) places Eurasian Dotterel (morinellus) in the monotypic genus Eudromias. However, most others place it within Charadrius and the Opus follows in this consensus.
Some species formerly included here are now placed in genus Thinornis.
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|---|---|---|---|
| C. vociferus | Killdeer | ||
| C. hiaticula | Common Ringed Plover | ||
| C. semipalmatus | Semipalmated Plover | ||
| C. melodus | Piping Plover | ||
Pages in category ‘Charadrius’
The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
