Plovers

Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius

The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").

Family

Plovers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

39 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

37

Recorded in France, Belgium, Norway, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Germany, Spain, Estonia, Japan, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Poland, Republic of Korea, Ukraine, Netherlands, Portugal, Bulgaria, Italy, China, Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Luxembourg, India, Philippines, Kenya, Finland, Australia, Denmark, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Romania, Thailand, Turkey.

Photo: (c) Paul Lewis, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist