BirdUp · Species
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubiusScopoli, 1786
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Charadrius
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The little ringed plover is a small plover native to the Old World. It has mostly brown upperparts, a black neckband and a black mask around the eye with a noticeable yellow eyering. Its forehead, belly and the rest of the breast are white. A migratory species, it breeds in open gravel areas near freshwater, including gravel pits, islands and river edges. Its diet consists mainly of insects and worms, which it forages for in muddy areas.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- PAL, OR : widespread inland subarctic to tropical zones: Eurasia, Indian subcontinent, south-east Asia, Philippines, New Guinea and Bismarck Arch.
- Non-breeding range
- Sub-Saharan west-central to north-east and east-central Africa; Middle East; south and south-east Asia and Indonesian Arch.
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
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- Apr
- May
- Jun
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- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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