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Charadrius mongolus
| Family Name: | Charadriidae |
| Taxonomic Group: | Vertebrates (Bird) |
| Common Name: | Mongolian Plover |
Name
Description
| Size | 20 cm |
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| Description | Legs dark brown or dark grey. Breeding: lores, areas around eye and frontal bar black; sides of neck and broad breast-band rusty-red contrasting with white throat; often sharp demarcation between white on throat and breast-band, with darker line. Non-breeding: upperparts sandy-brown; underparts white with dusky patches on sides of breast forming incomplete breast-band. |
Ecology, Habitat & Location
| Habitats | Mangroves, Mudflats |
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| Distribution | Breeds in Himalaya, South Tibet, East Tibet to Mongolia, Central Asia, Russia Far East, Kamchatka; the East Asian-Australasian populations winters in East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia, while other populations winter in East Africa, Middle East and South Asia. A common winter visitor and passage migrant to Singapore and Sungei Buloh. |
| Nature Reserves | Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve |
