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Latest revision as of 19:44, 18 March 2024
- Anarhynchus falklandicus
Charadrius falklandicus
Identification
Bird with incomplete breast band but more typical crown and neck
Photo © by StrikingSlug
Bertha's Beach,Falkland Islands, December 2008
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
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
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Two-banded Plover. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Two-banded_Plover
External Links
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