Plovers (Charadriidae)
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) - HBW 3, p. 425
French: Pluvier grand-gravelot
German: Sandregenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlitejo Grande
Other common names: (Greater) Ringed Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius Hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Probably forms superspecies with C. semipalmatus, with which sometimes considered conspecific; some hybridization on Baffin I. Distinction between subspecies based on moult; features changing clinally N-S, rather than E-W, make it impossible to draw dividing line in NW Europe. Populations from Canada to Faeroes formerly awarded race psammodroma, but based on extremely minor differences in average size, and not nowadays accepted. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 - NE Canada through Greenland and Iceland to S Scandinavia, and S to NW France; winters from British Is S to Africa.
- tundrae (Lowe, 1915) - N Scandinavia and N Russia; winters from Caspian Sea and SW Asia S to S Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male incubating on a pebbly beach, leaving the nest then coming back Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp tundrae)
Laurent Demongin 2 July 2008 4 years ago 43 sec 5 -
A pair trying to lure the observer of the nest on a pebbly beach Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp tundrae)
Laurent Demongin 12 July 2008 4 years ago 42 sec 4.8 -
A male incubating, calling and then leaving the nest for the female on a pebbly beach Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp tundrae)
Laurent Demongin 30 June 2008 4 years ago 58 sec 4.8 -
An adult in breeding plumage running on the beach, then taking a feather and flying away. Locality Arman River Estuary, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp tundrae)
Josep del Hoyo 29 June 2009 2 years ago 45 sec 4.6 -
A male trying to lure the observer of the nest in the rocky tundra 12.07.2008 (nouveau) Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp tundrae)
Laurent Demongin 12 July 2008 4 years ago 51 sec 4.5 -
In watery mud Locality Cabo de Gata, Almeria, Andalucia, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2013 6 weeks ago 23 sec 4.3
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Adult breeding
Locality Helgoland, Germany (ssp hiaticula)
Paul Cools 12 June 2009 29 weeks ago 4.5 -
Common Ringed Plover
Locality Brusand, Rogaland County, Norway
Geir Jensen 25 March 2008 1 year ago 4.5 -
Juv
Locality Prestvika, Herdla, Hordaland County, Norway
Geir Jensen 18 September 2008 1 year ago 4.4 -
in flight
Locality Ma'agan Michael, Israel
Lior Kislev 29 August 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Adult near the nest
Locality Flatey Island, Westfjords Region, Iceland (ssp hiaticula)
Marco Valentini 8 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult in breeding plumage
Locality Flatey Island, Westfjords Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 8 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4.2
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Alarm calls of two birds flying away Locality Rainham, Essex, England, Great Britain
(ssp hiaticula)
Stuart Fisher 29 December 2010 2 years ago 3.5 -
Adult trying to lure the observer from the nest Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp tundrae)
Laurent Demongin 12 July 2008 3 years ago 3 -
Adult alarming near the nest Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp tundrae)
Laurent Demongin 2 July 2008 3 years ago 3 -
Contact calls of 2 individuals flying in the dark Locality Rainham, Essex, England, Great Britain
(ssp hiaticula)
Stuart Fisher 8 January 2009 3 years ago 3
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