Mountain Plover vs American Golden Plover

Charadrius montanus ile kıyaslandığında Pluvialis dominica

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Mountain Plover American Golden Plover
Bilimsel Ad Charadrius montanus Pluvialis dominica
Takım Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familya Charadriidae Charadriidae
Koruma Durumu Near Threatened Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 29,1 cm (11.5 in) 36,4 cm (14.3 in)
Ağırlık 101,59000000000002 g (3.58 oz) 154,33333333333334 g (5.44 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2-4 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Mountain Plover only

Hiçbiri

American Golden Plover only

Koruma Durumu

Near Threatened

Mountain Plover

Least Concern

American Golden Plover

About These Birds

Mountain Plover

Mountain Plover: 21–23 cm, plain buffy-brown North American plover lacking a breast-band; unique in being a grassland rather than waterside species. Breeds on dry shortgrass prairie and shrub-steppe of western Great Plains; winters in California agricultural fields and southern Texas. Insectivorous. Declining. NT.

American Golden Plover

American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) is a medium 24–28 cm plover and epic migrant. Golden-spotted brown above; bold black underparts and white flank stripe in breeding plumage. Breeds on Arctic tundra of Canada and Alaska; migrates to South American pampas, traveling up to 25,000 km annually via transoceanic routes.

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