Little Ringed Plover

The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific dubius is Latin for doubtful, since Sonnerat, writing in 1776, thought this bird might be just a variant of common ringed plover.

Scientific Name : Charadrius Dubius

Family : Charadriidae

Order : Charadriiformes

Class : Aves

Type : Plovers And Lapwings

Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)

Size : 15 - 18 cm

Compare Size : House Sparrow

Wingspan : 32 - 35 cm

Weight : 39 g

Migratory : Resident

Sex Alike : Yes

Nesting Season : Chiefly March - May but varies with latitudes.

Other Names :

Hindi : ज़िर्री, झिरिआ, मर्वा

Marathi : छोटा कंठेरी चिखल्या

Habitat:
muddy areas

Breeding:
Eggs 4, Buffish Stone to Greenish grey with hieroglyphic scrawls and spots of dark brown and phantom purple marking

Feeding:
insects and worms


Identification Features

Male & Female
Back grey-brown
Wing grey-brown
Belly white
Breast white
Neck white with black neckband
Crown brown; a part of black eye mask runs trough the crown
Forehead white; has thick black line at base which is extension of eye mask
Head has blask eyemask running through eye and parts of crown
Eye Ring yellow

SIGHTINGS

Date Location
2018-11-05 05 Nov 2018 Shiravali Gaon, Raigad, Maharashtra

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(Plovers And Lapwings)

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