Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (Phegornis mitchellii)

Other Names (World)
Diademed Plover, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, Sandpiper-plover, Mitchell's Plover

Family
Charadriidae (Plovers)

Size
16.50 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Fraser, 1845)

Habitat
The puna zone on waterlogged mossy tundra and bogs with matted cushion-plant vegetation, bogs, occasionally gravel or grass on river plains and near lakes. From 3,500 - 5,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (P), Bolivia (P), Chile (P), Peru (P).

Andes from north-central Peru through northern Chile and western Bolivia to south-central Chile and south-central Argentina.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (Phegornis mitchellii) [XC296145]
by Ross Gallardy from Embalse El Yeso, Chile (call)

Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (Phegornis mitchellii) [XC30586]
by Andrew Spencer from Marcopomacocha, Peru (call?)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (Phegornis mitchellii) - 9 files

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