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Brazil The Collared Plover is found throughout the year from Mexico to northern Argentina and central Chile. Its preferred habitat is both coastal and inland on wetlands, ponds, riverbanks and sandy beaches. |
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It is only likely to be confused with the seasonal (austral summer) and coastal Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) In the case of the Collared Plover note the black, slender bill, the pink to yellow legs the slender black collar across the white chest and the lack of a white collar round the back of the neck. |
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The 4th photo is interesting in that the white feathers on the underparts seem to have swept up over the wings giving an extremely pale aspect to the bird and causing me some confusion initially. I don't think that it can be anything but a Collared Plover, probably a female given the reduced chestnut on the crown. Collared Plover do not change plumage between breeding and non-breeding seasons. | |||
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There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 3, Page 430; Sick, Plate 13; Ridgely & Greenfield, Plate 23 and Shorebirds, Plate 46. | |||
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