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[[Image:Two-banded_Plover.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|zweiblumen|zweiblumen}}<br />Location: Sea Lion Island, [[Falkland Islands]]]]
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[[Image:Gravelot des Falkland bf.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Absolute_beginner|Absolute_beginner}}<br />Punta-Arenas, [[Chile]], November 2017]]
 
;[[:Category:Charadrius|Charadrius]] falklandicus
 
;[[:Category:Charadrius|Charadrius]] falklandicus
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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17cm. Two breast black bands although the upper one is sometimes incomplete, white forehead and lores, pale rufous crown and hindneck, duller in the female. Out of the breeding season the black bands become grey and the rufous becomes grey-brown.
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[[Image:Two-banded_Plover_by_StrikingSlug.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Bird with incomplete breast band but more typical crown and neck<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|StrikingSlug|StrikingSlug}}<br />Bertha's Beach,[[Falkland Islands]], December 2008]]
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17–19 cm (6¾-7½ in)
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*White forehead and [[Topography#Heads|lores]]
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*Black frontal bar
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*Chestnut crown and hind neck (duller in the female)
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*Two breast black bands (the upper one may be incomplete)<br />
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Non-breeding: the black bands become grey and the rufous becomes grey-brown.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Breeds southern [[Chile]], [[Argentina]] and [[Falkland Islands]]; winters to southern [[Brazil]].
 
Breeds southern [[Chile]], [[Argentina]] and [[Falkland Islands]]; winters to southern [[Brazil]].
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[[Image:Two-banded_Plover_by_StrikingSlug.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Bird with incomplete breast band but more typical crown and neck<br />Photo by {{user|StrikingSlug|StrikingSlug}}<br />Location:  Bertha's Beach,[[Falkland Islands]], December 2008]]
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a monotypic species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Freshwater lakes, salt marshes, rocky shores, sandy shores, estuaries, mud-flats and sandy beaches.
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[[Image:Two-banded_Plover_by_canutus.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Non-breeding plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|canutus|canutus}}<br />Cariló, Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]] ]]
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Freshwater lakes, salt marshes, shingle seashores, sandy beaches, estuaries, mud-flats, wet savannas.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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* '''Breeding''': Nests are made in shallow scrapes in heath or grassland behind the beach. 2-4 eggs are laid from October onwards, and are incubated for 4 weeks.  
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====Breeding====
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* '''Diet''': Includes insects and other invertebrates found amongst coastal vegetation, seaweed and rockpools.  
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Nests are shallow scrapes in heath or grassland. The clutch contains 2-4 eggs and are laid from September to January (later in the uplands). They are incubated for 4 weeks.  
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[[Image:Two-banded_Plover_by_canutus.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Non-breeding plumage<br />Photo by {{user|canutus|canutus}}<br />Location: Cariló, Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]] ]]
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of insects and small invertebrates foraged amongst coastal vegetation, seaweed and rockpools.  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2018)
 
{{Ref}}
 
{{Ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Charadrius+falklandicus}}
 
{{GSearch|Charadrius+falklandicus}}
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Charadrius]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Charadrius]]

Revision as of 23:03, 19 December 2018

Photo © by Absolute_beginner
Punta-Arenas, Chile, November 2017
Charadrius falklandicus

Identification

Bird with incomplete breast band but more typical crown and neck
Photo © by StrikingSlug
Bertha's Beach,Falkland Islands, December 2008

17–19 cm (6¾-7½ in)

  • White forehead and lores
  • Black frontal bar
  • Chestnut crown and hind neck (duller in the female)
  • Two breast black bands (the upper one may be incomplete)

Non-breeding: the black bands become grey and the rufous becomes grey-brown.

Distribution

Breeds southern Chile, Argentina and Falkland Islands; winters to southern Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Non-breeding plumage
Photo © by canutus
Cariló, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Freshwater lakes, salt marshes, shingle seashores, sandy beaches, estuaries, mud-flats, wet savannas.

Behaviour

Breeding

Nests are shallow scrapes in heath or grassland. The clutch contains 2-4 eggs and are laid from September to January (later in the uplands). They are incubated for 4 weeks.

Diet

Their diet consists of insects and small invertebrates foraged amongst coastal vegetation, seaweed and rockpools.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2018)

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