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[[Image:Collared_Plover.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|arthurgrosset|arthurgrosset}}<br />Cassino, Rio Grande do Sul, [[Brazil]], August 2004]]
 
;[[:Category:Charadrius|Charadrius]] collaris
 
;[[:Category:Charadrius|Charadrius]] collaris
[[Image:Collared_Plover.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by arthurgrosset<br />Cassino, Rio Grande do Sul, [[Brazil]]]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
18 cmBrown above, white below, black breast band'''Male''' - white forehead,  black frontal bar, black stripe from bill to eye, chestnut midcrown and nape, yellow legs'''Female''' - very similar, some have brown tinge to the black areas
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18 cm
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*Brown upperparts
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*White underparts
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*Black breast band<br />
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'''Male'''
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*White forehead
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*Black frontal bar
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*Black stripe from bill to eye
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*Chestnut mid-crown and nape
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*Yellow legs<br />
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'''Female''': similar, though some may show a brownish tinge to the black areas
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Mexico]] to northern [[Argentina]] and central [[Chile]]. Accidental vagrant to [[Texas]] (1 record).
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[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]: found from [[Mexico]] to northern [[Argentina]] and central [[Chile]].
  
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Accidental vagrant to [[Texas]] (1 record).
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
A monotypic species.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Sandy coasts and riverbanks, muddy estuaries, inland riverbanks and open sandy savannas.
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Wetlands, ponds, riverbanks and sandy beaches, flooded fields and freshwater marshes.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
They nest in a bare ground scrape often next to grass tufts. 2 brown-blotched creamy eggs are laid.
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====Breeding====
 
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They nest in a bare ground scrape often next to grass tufts. The clutch consists of 2 brown-blotched creamy eggs.
 
====Vocalisation====
 
====Vocalisation====
Flight call - sharp metallic ''pip''.
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'''Flight call''': a sharp metallic ''pip''.
 
 
 
==References==
 
==References==
Wikipedia
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Charadrius+collaris}}
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{{GSearch|Charadrius_collaris}}
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Charadrius]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Charadrius]]

Revision as of 21:59, 19 February 2011

Photo by arthurgrosset
Cassino, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, August 2004
Charadrius collaris

Identification

18 cm

  • Brown upperparts
  • White underparts
  • Black breast band

Male

  • White forehead
  • Black frontal bar
  • Black stripe from bill to eye
  • Chestnut mid-crown and nape
  • Yellow legs

Female: similar, though some may show a brownish tinge to the black areas

Distribution

Central and South America: found from Mexico to northern Argentina and central Chile.

Accidental vagrant to Texas (1 record).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Wetlands, ponds, riverbanks and sandy beaches, flooded fields and freshwater marshes.

Behaviour

Breeding

They nest in a bare ground scrape often next to grass tufts. The clutch consists of 2 brown-blotched creamy eggs.

Vocalisation

Flight call: a sharp metallic pip.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Wikipedia

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