Plovers (Charadriidae)
Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris) - HBW 3, p. 431
French: Pluvier à triple collier
German: Dreiband-Regenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlitejo Tricollar
Other common names: Treble-banded/Three-banded/Tri-collared Plover/Sandplover
Taxonomy: Charadrius tricollaris Vieillot, 1818, Cape Town.
Sometimes considered conspecific with C. forbesi; probably best considered to form superspecies. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tricollaris Vieillot, 1818 - Ethiopia to Tanzania and Gabon, and S to South Africa; non-breeding also around L Chad.
- bifrontatus Cabanis, 1882 - Madagascar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Foraging bird Locality Weenen, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Roland Bischoff 15 November 2011 8 weeks ago 36 sec 4.7 -
A juvenile feeding on a marsh. Locality Debre Libanos, Ethiopia (ssp tricollaris)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 6 years ago 40 sec 4.6 -
Different close views of a bird at the water's edge Locality Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp tricollaris)
Dave Jackson 31 December 2001 4 years ago 25 sec 4.2 -
An adult foraging Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp tricollaris)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 4.1 -
A bird feeding with little stints and a ringed plover Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (ssp tricollaris)
Keith Blomerley 12 April 2002 3 years ago 26 sec 4 -
An adult foraging Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp tricollaris)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 4
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A bird in the Olifants riverbed at Balule
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 15 October 2006 1 year ago 4 -
a bird in a wetland not far from Addis Abeba
Locality Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 24 August 2008 3 years ago 3.8 -
During winter season
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
gemaresi 21 weeks ago 3.7 -
An adult, incubating.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp tricollaris)
Carmelo López 4 November 2010 50 weeks ago 3.5 -
Wading in a river close to Phabeni Gate.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 12 May 2011 36 weeks ago 3.4 -
An adult on a little torrent.
Locality Debre Libanos, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 1 year ago 3.4
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