Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula - Grand Gravelot Pluvier grand-gravelot

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Charadriidés
Genus
:
Charadrius
Species
:
hiaticula

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 20 cm
Wingspan
: 48 à 57 cm.
Weight
: 55 à 75 g

Longevity

10 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula (British Isles and w France to s Norway, s Sweden and the Baltic States)
Charadrius hiaticula psammodromus (ne Canada, Greenland, Iceland)
Charadrius hiaticula tundrae (n Eurasia)

Foreign names

Grand Gravelot,
Chorlitejo Grande,
Borrelho-grande-de-coleira,
Sandregenpfeifer,
Parti lile,
Bontbekplevier,
Corriere grosso,
Större strandpipare,
Sandlo,
kulík piesočný,
kulík písečný,
Stor Præstekrave,
tylli,
corriol anellat gros,
Sandlóa,
sieweczka obrożna,
smilšu tārtiņš, dūdieviņš,
komatni deževnik,
Галстучник,
Buvvedat,
ハジロコチドリ,
剑鸻,
นกหัวโตเล็กขาส้ม,
環頸鴴〔劍鴴〕,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Strea

ms/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses), Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land