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[[Image:Collared_Plover.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by arthurgrosset<br />Cassino, Rio Grande do Sul, [[Brazil]]]] | [[Image:Collared_Plover.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by arthurgrosset<br />Cassino, Rio Grande do Sul, [[Brazil]]]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 18 cm. Brown 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. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Mexico]] to northern [[Argentina]] and central [[Chile]]. Accidental vagrant to [[Texas]] (1 record). | [[Mexico]] to northern [[Argentina]] and central [[Chile]]. Accidental vagrant to [[Texas]] (1 record). | ||
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A monotypic species. | A monotypic species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Sandy coasts and riverbanks, muddy estuaries, inland riverbanks and open sandy savannas. | ||
==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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| + | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| + | Flight call - sharp metallic ''pip''. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | Wikipedia | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Charadrius+collaris}} | {{GSearch|Charadrius+collaris}} | ||
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Revision as of 17:15, 16 February 2009
- Charadrius collaris
Identification
18 cm. Brown 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.
Distribution
Mexico to northern Argentina and central Chile. Accidental vagrant to Texas (1 record).
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Sandy coasts and riverbanks, muddy estuaries, inland riverbanks and open sandy savannas.
Behaviour
They nest in a bare ground scrape often next to grass tufts. 2 brown-blotched creamy eggs are laid.
Vocalisation
Flight call - sharp metallic pip.
References
Wikipedia
