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common ringed plover
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thumb | Calls recorded in NorfolkNorfolk| status = LC| status_system = IUCN3.1 | TITLE=CHARADRIUS HIATICULA | PAGE=E.T22693759A155487854 | ACCESS-DATE=18 NOVEMBER 2021, | taxon = Charadrius hiaticula | Carl Linnaeus>Linnaeus, 1758| range_map = Charadrius hiaticula map.svg}}The common ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small plover that breeds across much of northern Eurasia, as well as Greenland. 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 ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific hiaticula is Latin and has a similar meaning to the Greek term, coming from hiatus, "cleft" and -cola, "dweller" (colere, "to dwell").BOOK, Jobling, James A, 2010, The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names,weblink Christopher Helm, London, 978-1-4081-2501-4, 99, 191, (File:Common ringed plover.webm|thumb|right|Common ringed plover foraging at the shoreline.)DescriptionAdults are {{convert|17|â|19.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length with a {{convert|35|â|41|cm|in|abbr=on}} wingspan. They have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes and a short orange and black bill. The legs are orange and only the outer two toes are slightly webbed, unlike the slightly smaller but otherwise very similar semipalmated plover, which has all three toes slightly webbed, and also a marginally narrower breast band; it was in former times included in the present species. Juvenile ringed plovers are duller than the adults in colour, with an often incomplete grey-brown breast band, a dark bill and dull yellowish-grey legs.This species differs from the smaller little ringed plover in leg colour, the head pattern, and the lack of an obvious yellow eye-ring.Breeding, range and habitatThe common ringed plover's breeding habitat is open ground on beaches or flats across northern Eurosiberia and in Arctic northeast Canada. Some birds breed inland, and in western Europe they nest as far south as northern France. They nest on the ground in an open area with little or no plant growth.If a potential predator approaches the nest, the adult will walk away from the scrape, calling to attract the intruder and feigning a broken wing. Once the intruder is far enough from the nest, the plover flies off.Common ringed plovers are migratory and winter in coastal areas south to Africa. In Norway, geolocators have revealed that adult breeding birds migrate to West Africa.JOURNAL, Lislevand, T., Briedis, M., Heggøy, O., Hahn, S., 2017, Seasonal migration strategies of Common Ringed Plovers Charadrius hiaticula, Ibis, 159, 225â229, 10.1111/ibi.12424, 1, Many birds in Great Britain and northern France are resident throughout the year.FeedingThese birds forage for food on beaches, tidal flats and fields, usually by sight. They eat insects, crustaceans and worms.SubspeciesThere are three weakly defined subspecies, which vary slightly in size and mantle colour; they intergrade where their ranges meet:
GalleryFile:Charadrius hiaticula mating.jpg|Mating behaviourFile:Charadrius hiaticula MHNT.jpg|Egg â MHNTFile:Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) juvenile.jpg|JuvenileFile:ringedplovjuly2008.jpg|AdultFile:Ringed plovers (Charadrius hiaticula) in flight.jpg|Flock in flight, with ruddy turnstonesCharadrius hiaticula hiaticula MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.109.15.jpg| Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula - MHNTReferencesExternal links
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