Diademed Sandpiper Plover Phegornis mitchellii

Diademed Plover Phegornis mitchellii
(aka Diademed Sandpiper Plover)

Chilean name: Chorlito cordillerano

Lauca N.P., Chile,
February 2007

The Diademed Plover is distributed in the Andes from north central Peru through western Bolivia to south-central Chile and south-central Argentina. It breeds at between 4,000 and 5,000 metres and is found only on water-logged bogs.

It is a spectacular bird with a black head and a white band all round the crown. The nape is rufous and it has a long, thin, downcurved bill.

There is a recording and distribution map on xeno-canto.

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