Three-banded Plover
Charadrius tricollaris
Inland water shorelines. Small plover told by white underparts with two black breast-bands; above dark brown; bill and eye-rings red.
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common resident. Identified by red eye-ring, double black breast-bands, one on either side of white band encircling neck; cf. [Common Ringed Plover]. Immature has the upper band brown and incomplete, the lower band flecked white, the head uniformly brown. The call is ‘wickwick’ or ‘tiuu-it, tiuu-it’. Occurs singly, in pairs or in small parties on shores and shallows of almost any inland water.
Quick Facts
Size
18 cm - S
Names
A: Driebandstrandkiewiet
Z: igwigwi
Ss: Mororwane Wa Metjhatoraro
G: Dreiband-Regenpfeifer
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, in pairs or in small parties on shores and shallows of almost any inland water.
