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Photo by steenl
Location: Maasvlakte, the Netherlands

Charadrius morinellus

[edit] Identification

• Chestnut breast
• White border above
• Black belly
• Brown back
• White supercilium
• Yellow legs
• Short black bill
• Female brighter than male

[edit] Distribution

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

[edit] Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

[edit] Eudromias vs. Charadrius

Some authorities (Sibley & Monroe, 1996) place Eurasian Dotterel (morinellus) in the monotypic genus Eudromias. However, Clements (2007) and Howard & Moore (2003) place it within Charadrius and the Opus follows in this consensus.

[edit] Habitat

Tundra and mountain areas; winters in semi desert.

[edit] Behaviour

The nest is a bare ground scrape; 2-4 eggs are laid and are incubated by the male who cares for the young.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links