Red-capped Plover

Charadrius ruficapillus - Gravelot à tête rousse Pluvier à tête rousse

Gravelot à tête rousse
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Charadriidés

  • Genus
    :

    Charadrius

  • Species
    :

    ruficapillus

Descriptor

Temminck, 1821

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 16 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 27 à 34 cm.
  • Weight
    : 27 à 54 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Gravelot à tête rousse
♂ adult plum. breeding
Gravelot à tête rousse
♀ adult plum. breeding

Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Gravelot à tête rousse,
  • Chorlitejo capirrojo,
  • borrelho-de-barrete-ruivo,
  • Rotkopf-Regenpfeifer,
  • vörösfejű lile,
  • Roodkopplevier,
  • Corriere capirosso,
  • rödhuvad strandpipare,
  • Rødhettelo,
  • kulík hrdzavohlavý,
  • kulík rezavotemenný,
  • Rødisset Præstekrave,
  • ruosteniskatylli,
  • corriol cap-roig,
  • sieweczka rdzawogłowa,
  • Красношапочный зуёк,
  • Cerek topi-merah,
  • アカエリシロチドリ,
  • 红顶鸻,
  • 紅帽鴴,

Voice song and cries

Gravelot à tête rousse
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Gravelot à tête rousse
♂ adult plum. breeding

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes ; Marine Intertidal : 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) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Salt Exploitation Sites, Wastewater Treatment Areas

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Gravelot à tête rousse
published: - Updated: 10-02-2017
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