Archive for the ‘Charadriidae’ Category

• Eurasian dotterel

  Aug 7 | Dotterels | Little Stint | 341 Views | with No Comments

  The Eurasian dotterel – (Charadrius morinellus) is a small Wader of the plover family Charadriidae. It is a High Arctic summer breeder across Eurasia and migrates to winter in N Africa and the Middle East. In the AWB Region...

• Little ringed plover

  Aug 7 | Plovers | Little Stint | 350 Views | with No Comments

  The Little ringed plover – (Charadrius dubius) is a small Wader of the family Chardariidae. It is very widespread over the EuroAsiatic Region, and is mostly a summer breeder but has an extensive resident population in India...

• Common ringed plover

  Aug 6 | Plovers | Little Stint | 352 Views | with No Comments

  The Common ringed plover – (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small species of Wader of the family Charadriidae. It is a cosmopolitan Eurasian species breeding in the High Arctic from the coasts of Greenland to the Bering...

• Kentish plover

  Aug 6 | Plovers | Little Stint | 363 Views | with No Comments

  The Kentish plover – (Charadrius alexandrinus) is a small species of Wader of the family Charadriidae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution across temperate and tropical Eurasia and N Africa. It appears to have two...

• Kittlitz’s plover

  Aug 5 | Plovers | Little Stint | 361 Views | with No Comments

  The Kittlitz’s plover – (Charadrius pecuarius) is a small Wader of the family Charadriidae. It is resident over most of sub-Saharan Africa except for the Horn of Africa and the Equatorial Forest Regions, but it is...

• Caspian plover

  Aug 5 | Plovers | Little Stint | 366 Views | with No Comments

  The Caspian plover – (Charadrius asiaticus) is a species of Wader of the family Charadriidae. It is a summer breeder in W and Central Asia, and migrates to Eastern and Southern Africa. In the AWB Region it is a winter...

• Greater sand-plover

  Aug 5 | Plovers | Little Stint | 353 Views | with No Comments

  The Greater sand-plover – (Charadrius leschenaultii) is small/medium sized Wader of the family Charadriidae. It is a summer breeder in S Central Asia and migrates widely to coastlines of Africa, India, SE Asia and...

• Lesser sand-plover

  Aug 4 | Plovers | Little Stint | 355 Views | with No Comments

  The Lesser sand-plover – (Charadrius mongolus) is a small Wader of the family Charadriidae. It is a summer breeder in Central and NE Asia and winters widely across the coastlines of Africa S and E Arabia, India, SE Asia and...

• White-tailed lapwing

  Jul 31 | Lapwings | Little Stint | 369 Views | with No Comments

  The White-tailed lapwing – (Vanellus leucurus) is a medium sized species of Wader of the family Charadriidae. It is a Central Asiatic summer breeder which migrates to India, the Middle East and Africa in the winter. There...

• Sociable lapwing

  Jul 31 | Lapwings | Little Stint | 363 Views | with No Comments

  The Sociable lapwing – (Vanellus gregarius) is a medium sized Wader of the family Charadriidae. It is an Asiatic summer breeder from central Ukraine to E Kazakhstan, and winters in India, the Middle East and Africa. In...