Plovers

Diademed Sandpiper-Plover

Phegornis mitchellii

The Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (Phegornis mitchellii) is a 36 g grassland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Plovers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

36 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

4

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