Kentish Plover 环颈鸻

Order : Charadriiformes 鸻形目

Family : Charadriidae 鸻科
Genus : Charadrius 鸻属

Binomial name : Charadrius alexandrinus

Kentish Plover
环颈鸻

Size: 15~17.5cm

Habitat: Beaches, Sand-and-mudflats, coastal pools, large rivers, dry lake margins.

Behaviour: In breeding season male performs stiff-winged display-flights with body tilting from side to side.

Breeding: southern Europe to Japan and in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern United States and the Caribbean.
Status: Migrant
别名: 东方环颈鸻
Lifer: Dec2021 . Pantai Rompin @ Pahang

Kentish Plover

lifer 20211207 11.40am . Pantai Rompin @ Pahang

Kentish Plover

20211208 . Mersing @ Johor

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Kentish Plover (male . breeding plumage)

20220205 . Sungai Burung Mudflats@ Selangor

Kentish Plover

Feb2022 . Malim Nawar Mining Ponds @ Perak

Kentish Plover

20220219 . Sungai Burung Mudflats@ Selangor

Kentish Plover (breeding plumage)

20220410 . Sungai Janggut @ Selangor

Kentish Plover (breeding plumage)

20220416 . Mersing @ Johor

Kentish Plover

20220417 . Mersing @ Johor

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Kentish Plover (breeding plumage)

20230209 11:29am . Kuala Rompin @ Pahang

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Kentish Plover (non-breeding plumage)

20230328 . Sungai Janggut @ Selangor

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Kentish Plover (breeding plumage)

20240410 . Kuala Muda IBA @ Penang