Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Wetlands. Light brown above; white below and on forehead; male has black mask and bold black band encircling breast and mantle; bill and legs orange-yellow.
Allies, Plovers, Snipes
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Uncommon summer visitor. A dumpy, short-billed plover; yellow orange legs and a single bold black breast-band extending around neck diagnostic. In flight it differs from [Three-banded Plover] in distinct white wing-bar. The call is ‘coo-eep’ or ‘too-li’. Occurs singly or in small parties, often with [Three-banded Plover], on shorelines of coastal lagoons, estuaries and inland waters.
Quick Facts
Size
18 cm - S
Names
A: Ringnekstrandkiewiet
Z: unosongo
Ss: Mororwane Wa Sefubantsho
G: Sandregenpfeifer
Bird Family
Terrestrial and waterside birds. Large plovers are long-legged and stand erect; small plovers and most shorebirds hold their bodies horizontally, postures hunched.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Occurs singly or in small parties, often with [Three-banded Plover], on shorelines of coastal lagoons, estuaries and inland waters.
