Kittlitz's Plover

Anarhynchus pecuarius - Gravelot pâtre Pluvier pâtre

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Charadriidés

  • Genus
    :

    Anarhynchus

  • Species
    :

    pecuarius

Descriptor

Temminck, 1823

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 14 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 40 à 44 cm.
  • Weight
    : 26 à 54 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Gravelot pâtre
adult plum. breeding
Gravelot pâtre
adult plum. breeding

Kittlitz's Plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Gravelot pâtre,
  • Chorlitejo pecuario,
  • borrelho-do-gado,
  • Hirtenregenpfeifer,
  • apró lile,
  • Herdersplevier,
  • Corriere di Kittlitz,
  • kittlitzstrandpipare,
  • Kittlitzlo,
  • kulík pastiersky,
  • kulík africký,
  • Kittlitz´ Præstekrave,
  • afrikantylli,
  • Geelborsstrandkiewiet,
  • corriol pecuari,
  • Fitjalóa,
  • sieweczka piaskowa,
  • ganību tārtiņš,
  • pritlikavi deževnik,
  • Зуёк-пастух,
  • ヒメチドリ,
  • 基氏沙鸻,
  • 基特氏沙鴴,

Voice song and cries

Gravelot pâtre
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Gravelot pâtre
First year

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland

) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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