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'''Alternative name: Mongolian Plover''' | '''Alternative name: Mongolian Plover''' | ||
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| + | * ''mongulus'' are the large east Asian forms, ''C. m. mongolus'' and ''C. m. stegmanni'' which are sometimes given specific status as Mongolian Plover, ''Charadrius mongolus''. | ||
| + | * ''atrifrons'' consists of ''atrifrons'', ''pamirensis'' and ''schaeferi'' which, if the taxonomic split is accepted, becomes a narrower Lesser Sandplover ''Charadrius atrifrons''. | ||
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The flight call is a hard trill. | The flight call is a hard trill. | ||
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| + | #[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=151101 Thread] in Birdforum Id forum discussing Lesser vs Greater Sand Plover identification | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Charadrius+mongolus}} | {{GSearch|Charadrius+mongolus}} | ||
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Alternative name: Mongolian Plover
- Charadrius mongolus
Identification
Grey backs and white underparts. Chestnut breast, forehead and nape, black eye mask. The female is duller, and winter and juvenile birds lack the chestnut. Legs are dark and the bill black.
Distribution
Almost worldwide.
Taxonomy
There are five races, which fall in two groups:
- mongulus are the large east Asian forms, C. m. mongolus and C. m. stegmanni which are sometimes given specific status as Mongolian Plover, Charadrius mongolus.
- atrifrons consists of atrifrons, pamirensis and schaeferi which, if the taxonomic split is accepted, becomes a narrower Lesser Sandplover Charadrius atrifrons.
Habitat
Behaviour
It nests in a bare ground scrape, laying 3 eggs.
Diet includes insects, crustaceans and annelid worms.
The flight call is a hard trill.
References
- Thread in Birdforum Id forum discussing Lesser vs Greater Sand Plover identification
