Birds of Brazil

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Genus: Anarhynchus (3 species, 24 worldwide)


Collared Plover (Anarhynchus collaris) Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Photograph by Matt Grube © All Rights Reserved.

A small non-migratory plover with no seasonal variation in color often found inland.
An individual with a thicker collar.


Two-banded Plover (Anarhynchus falklandicus) Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Nonbreeding colors.
Photograph by Cláudio D. Timm Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Two-banded Plover (Anarhynchus falklandicus) Trelew, Argentina Breeding colors.
Photograph by Nik Borrow Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.


Wilson's Plover (Anarhynchus wilsonia) Cayo Costa State Park, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. Note small size and thick bill.
All plovers lay eggs on the ground using camouflage and distraction to detract predators.

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