Plovers

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

The Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a 64 g coastal bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Plovers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

64 g

Habitat

Coastal

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

93

Recorded in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain, France, Portugal, Finland, South Africa, Israel, Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Iceland, Ireland, United Arab Emirates, Poland, Russia, Kenya, Turkey, SJ, Morocco, Italy, Greece, Isle of Man, United States, Senegal, Tanzania, Oman, Austria, Egypt, Gambia, Czechia, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, Mozambique, Kuwait, Iran, Ukraine, Georgia, Canada, Madagascar, Uganda, India, Switzerland, Hungary, Cyprus, Cabo Verde, Taiwan, Romania, Greenland, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Croatia, Åland, Azerbaijan, Qatar, Lithuania, Slovenia, Belarus, Japan, Latvia, Faeroe Islands, Zambia, Mauritania, Kazakhstan, Australia, JE, Zimbabwe, Jordan, Slovakia, Botswana, EH, Tunisia, Djibouti, Bahrain, Serbia, Guinea-Bissau, China, Malta, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Mongolia, Sudan, Gabon, Yemen, Montenegro, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lebanon.

Where to see it: Secteur Aéroport, YT (Mayotte); Vasière des Badamiers (Mayotte); Sjoskrenten (Svalbard and Jan Mayen); Pointe de la Sarga (Western Sahara); Rabil Lagoon (Republic of Cabo Verde).

Photo: (c) Gergely Nigg, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist