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  • Common Ringed Plover, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Don-Jean Leandri-Breton, all rights reserved

  • Common Ringed Plover, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Paul Roberts, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Common Ringed Plover, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Don-Jean Leandri-Breton, all rights reserved

  • Common Ringed Plover, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Вячеслав Юсупов, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Common Ringed Plover, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Mark Kilner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Common Ringed Plover, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) franciscodocampo, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

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29,022 observations
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Birds
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About

The common ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small plover that breeds in Arctic Eurasia. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific hiaticula is Latin and has a similar meaning to the Greek term, coming from hiatus, "cleft" and -cola, "dweller" (colere, "to dwell").

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