Plovers (Charadriidae)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) - HBW 3, p. 426
French: Pluvier petit-gravelot
German: Flußregenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlitejo Chico
Taxonomy: Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786, Luzon.
In past, birds of S Japan and China erroneously attributed to nominate race, and those of New Guinea region erroneously placed in jerdoni. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- curonicus Gmelin, 1789 - Eurasia, from British Is, N Africa and Canary Is to Russian Far East, Korea, E China and Japan; winters in Africa S of Sahara, Arabia, E China and Indonesia.
- jerdoni (Legge, 1880) - India and SE Asia.
- dubius Scopoli, 1786 - Philippines S to New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago.
- Least Concern
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Little Ringed Plover cuddling it's tiny ones Darscho, Seewinkel, Burgenland State, Austria (ssp curonicus)
Andreas Gruber 2 July 2010 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 45 sec 4.5 -
A pair copulating Malmedy, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp curonicus)
Jean Hupperetz 25 June 1999 7 years ago 36 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding on the ground. Tauste, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp curonicus)
Jesús Laborda 11 April 2010 4 weeks ago 50 sec 4.4 -
An adult brooding chicks Malmedy, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp curonicus)
Jean Hupperetz 25 June 2003 6 years ago 29 sec 4.4 -
An adult brooding a chick and walking away Malmedy, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp curonicus)
Jean Hupperetz 25 June 2003 6 years ago 13 sec 4.3 -
An adult incubating its eggs Malmedy, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp curonicus)
Jean Hupperetz 25 June 1999 7 years ago 15 sec 4.2
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Adult and baby birds Taiwan
alder 2 June 2010 7 weeks ago 4.5 -
adult and new born baby Taiwan
alder 2 June 2010 7 weeks ago 4.3 -
feeding in a pond Al Khor, Qatar
John A Thompson 6 January 2010 6 weeks ago 4.2 -
taking away the egg shell Taiwan
alder 2 June 2010 7 weeks ago 4 -
Little Ringed Plover Antalya, Antalya Province, Turkey
cetin ceki 10 April 2010 8 weeks ago 4 -
Yello ring... Yellow flowers Netherlands
Rob Belterman 27 April 2008 15 weeks ago 4
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Calling while feeding Chandlai, Tonk District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp jerdoni)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 2010 12 weeks ago 3 -
A bird calls as it sits down on a sandy beach Rethymon, Crete, Greece
Joe Angseesing 26 May 2007 28 weeks ago 3
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