- Pluvianellus socialis
Identification
8 in. Head and upper parts are grey. Throat and cheeks whitish. Neck and chest grey with brown tint. Abdomen and under tail coverts white. Primaries and rectrices blackish. Black bill. Pink legs. Red eyes.
Distribution
Chile, Magallanes and Tierra del Fuego
Taxonomy
Habitat
Edges of brackish lakes and lagoons, estuaries and coastal zones.
Behaviour
Diet includes crustaceans.
Nests are made in a depression in the ground and 2 grey, dusky spotted eggs are laid which look like stones. They are incubated by both parents who also care for the young.
