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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==

Revision as of 09:23, 28 July 2008

Charadrius morinellus
Photo by steenl
Location: Maasvlakte, the Netherlands

Identification

Distribution

Breeds in western Alaska and northern Palearctic; winters northern Africa to western Iran.

Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

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.

Habitat

Behaviour

External Links

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