Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus)

Other Names (World)
Two-banded Plover, Patagonian Two-banded Plover, Double-banded Plover, Patagonian Sandplover

Family
Charadriidae (Plovers)

Size
17 - 18.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Latham, 1790

Habitat
Freshwater lakes, saline marshes, rocky shores, and sandy shores.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Uruguay (NB).

Central and southern Chile and Argentina; locally in southern Brazil; Falkland Is. Winters north to northern Chile, Uruguay and southern Brazil.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 46,000 - 140,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus) [XC187934]
by Guilherme de Melo Becher from Peeble Island, Falkland Island, United Kingdom (call)

Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus) [XC61747]
by Michele Peron from Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (call)

Subspecies
Has been considered conspecific with Puna Plover (Charadrius alticola). Population of Falkland Is has been suggested as meriting a separate subspecies, on basis of high frequency of broken upper breast band.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus) - 10 files

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