Plovers (Charadriidae)
Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris) - HBW 3, p. 433
French: Pluvier d'Azara
German: Schlankschnabel-Regenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlitejo de Azara
Other common names: Azara's Sandplover
Taxonomy: Charadrius collaris Vieillot, 1818, Paraguay.
Shorter-winged population occurring from Mexico to N Brazil is by some authors considered subspecies gracilis. Monotypic.
Distribution: WC Mexico through Central America to W Colombia and W Ecuador, and E of Andes S to N Argentina; C Chile.
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A bird running in a young river island Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 4.3 -
A ventral view of a bird on a beach. Locality Matapica, Commewijne District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 21 April 2011 38 weeks ago 36 sec 4.2 -
A bird foraging in a young river island Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2007 4 years ago 46 sec 4.1 -
A ventral view of to birds on a sandy beach. Locality Matapica, Commewijne District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 21 April 2011 38 weeks ago 33 sec 3.7 -
A side view of a bird on a beach, eventually walking away. Locality Matapica, Commewijne District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 21 April 2011 38 weeks ago 45 sec 3.5 -
Bird on beach Locality Galibi, Marowijne District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Marc de Bont 26 February 2010 1 year ago 1 min 19 sec 3.3
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Solitary bird foraging along the shore.
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 13 June 2011 49 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult.
Locality Cayenne, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 21 January 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
Adult
Locality Caimare Chico, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 7 September 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
A bird on the mud
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 11 August 2010 27 weeks ago 3.8 -
Adult, with breeding plumage
Locality Embiara Lodge, Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 14 November 2011 16 weeks ago 3.4 -
One bird on sandy beach
Locality Florianopolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
Tomas Grim 27 August 2003 40 weeks ago 3.2
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Calls. Locality Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 12 September 2006 3 years ago 3
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