Common Ringed Plover
A species of Typical plovers Scientific name : Charadrius hiaticula Genus : Typical plovers
Common Ringed Plover, A species of Typical plovers
Botanical name: Charadrius hiaticula
Genus: Typical plovers
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Description
Adults are 17–19.5 cm (6.7–7.7 in) in length with a 35–41 cm (14–16 in) wingspan. They have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes and a short orange and black bill. The legs are orange and only the outer two toes are slightly webbed, unlike the slightly smaller but otherwise very similar semipalmated plover, which has all three toes slightly webbed, and also a marginally narrower breast band; it was in former times included in the present species. Juvenile ringed plovers are duller than the adults in colour, with an often incomplete grey-brown breast band, a dark bill and dull yellowish-grey legs. This species differs from the smaller little ringed plover in leg colour, the head pattern, and the lack of an obvious yellow eye-ring. 
Size
19 cm
Colors
Black
Gray
White
Life Expectancy
10 years
Feeding Habits
Common Ringed Plover forages primarily on beaches and tidal flats, visually hunting for insects, crustaceans, and worms. The species exhibits unique feeding behaviors suited to diverse coastal ecosystems.
Habitat
Common Ringed Plover typically inhabit open grounds on coastal areas such as beaches, sand or shingle banks, and mudflats. They favor environments across northern Eurosiberia and Arctic northeast Canada for breeding. Often found in places like estuaries, lagoons, and saltmarshes, common Ringed Plover also utilizes inland wetlands, including rivers, lakes, tundra, and occasionally flooded fields. Man-made habitats such as gravel pits and farmlands can also support their presence. During migration, softer sediments are preferred, especially by the race tundrae of common Ringed Plover. They breed up to elevations of 1200m (in places like Norway) and are known to roost communally, typically above the high-water mark, where the substrate is moist but not submerged. Common Ringed Plover is a migratory species, wintering as far south as Africa, with some populations in Great Britain and northern France being resident year-round.
Dite type
Insectivorous
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General Info
Sounds
Call
Recording location: Netherlands
Call
Recording location: Netherlands
Song
Recording location: Netherlands
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Shorebirds Family
Plovers Genus
Typical plovers Species
Common Ringed Plover 
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