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Mountain Plover
Sign in to saveAlso known as Charadrius montanus, Anarhynchus montanus
species of bird
Species
Near Threatenedmountain plover
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyCharadriidae
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Charadrius
- Mass
- 114
- Image
- Nesting Mountain Plover.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
- taxon name
- Charadrius montanus
- Commons category
- Charadrius montanus
- Commons gallery
- Charadrius montanus
- taxon common name
- borrelho-serrano
- litter size
- 3
- short name
- C. montanus
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Encyclopedic overview
The mountain plover (Anarhynchus montanus) is a medium-sized ground bird in the plover family (Charadriidae). It is misnamed, as it lives on level land. Unlike most plovers, it is usually not found near bodies of water or even on wet soil; it prefers dry habitat with short grass (usually due to grazing) and bare ground. Its height is in the range of 5–9 inches (12.7–22.8 cm), and length in the range of 8–10 inches (20.3–25.4 cm); and it weighs around 102 grams.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mountain Plover” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.