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− | + | [[Image:Gravelot des Falkland bf.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|Absolute_beginner|Absolute_beginner}}<br />Punta-Arenas, [[Chile]], November 2017]] | |
− | + | ;[[:Category:Anarhynchus|Anarhynchus]] falklandicus | |
− | [[Image: | + | ''Charadrius falklandicus'' |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | [[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 />Bertha's Beach,[[Falkland Islands]], December 2008]] | ||
+ | 17–19 cm (6¾-7½ in) | ||
+ | *White forehead and [[Topography#Heads|lores]] | ||
+ | *Black frontal bar | ||
+ | *Chestnut crown and hind neck (duller in the female) | ||
+ | *Two breast black bands (the upper one may be incomplete)<br /> | ||
+ | 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]]. | ||
+ | |||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
+ | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | [[Image:Two-banded_Plover_by_canutus.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Non-breeding plumage<br />Photo © by {{user|canutus|canutus}}<br />Cariló, Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]] ]] | ||
+ | Freshwater lakes, salt marshes, shingle seashores, sandy beaches, estuaries, mud-flats, wet savannas. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==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== | ||
+ | #{{Ref-Clements6thOct23}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2018) | ||
+ | {{Ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
− | {{GSearch|Charadrius | + | {{GSearch| "Anarhynchus falklandicus" {{!}} "Charadrius falklandicus" {{!}} "Two-banded Plover"}} |
+ | {{GS-checked}}1 | ||
− | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category: | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Anarhynchus]] |
Latest revision as of 19:44, 18 March 2024
- Anarhynchus falklandicus
Charadrius falklandicus
Identification
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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