The little ringed plover is a small plover native to the Old World. It has mostly brown upperparts, a black neckband, and a black mask around the eye with a noticeable yellow eyering, while its forehead, belly, and the rest of its breast are white. A migratory species, it breeds in open gravel areas near freshwater, including gravel pits, islands, and river edges, and its diet consists mainly of insects and worms that it forages for in muddy areas. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Little ringed plover (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Djibouti, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Eritrea, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Kenya, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Luxembourg, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Poland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Tanzania, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ukraine, found in there.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Little ringed plover (Wikipedia)
System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
A migratory species, it breeds in open gravel areas near freshwater, including gravel pits, islands, and river edges, and its diet consists mainly of insects and worms that it forages for in muddy areas.
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
View the Source3. Little ringed plover (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q18851 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Charadriidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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