Archive for the ‘Plovers’ Category

• Little ringed plover

  Aug 7 | Plovers | Little Stint | 621 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 | 609 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 | 589 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 | 586 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 | 586 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 | 559 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 | 569 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...

• Pacific golden-plover

  Jul 27 | Plovers | Little Stint | 533 Views | with No Comments

  The Pacific golden-plover – ( Pluvialis fulva) is a medium sized species of Wader in the family Charadriidae. It breeds across the N coasts of Asia from the Yenisei Gulf to the W coast of Alaska. In winter it migrates...

• European golden-plover

  Jul 27 | Plovers | Little Stint | 499 Views | with No Comments

  The European golden-plover – (Pluvialis apricaria) or Eurasian golden-plover is a large Wader of the family Charadriidae. It breeds across the N Palearctic from Iceland to Central Siberia, in the winter it migrates to...

• Black-bellied plover

  Jul 27 | Plovers | Little Stint | 468 Views | with No Comments

  The Black-bellied plover – (Pluvialis squatarola) or Grey plover is a Wader of the family Charadriidae. It is a Holarctic species and breeds near the Arctic Coasts of Alaska, Canada and Russia and in the winter...