Little ringed plover / Flussregenpfeifer (Charadrius dubius)

Little Ringed Plovers, Phnom Krom. 2024-03-03 09.12.46 Cambodia
Classification: Genus Charadrius; Family Charadriidae
General: The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover. 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 river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific dubius is Latin for doubtful, since Sonnerat, writing in 1776, thought this bird might be just a variant of common ringed plover.^[2] [more]
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Vocalization: Quite different from Ringed Plover. Sharper sounding, lacking Ringed's soft tone. Often starts with a rolling "r". [Link]
Calls: Common calls are a two syllable "krrll-uuit" with a rising pitch or just a sharp, rolling "krrri-krrri". Also a longer rolling "krree-looo" with pitch rising in first syllable and falling in the second. [Link]
Physical details: length=14-15 cm, wingspan=42-48 cm, weight=32-48 g
Habitats: Wetland

Call: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording

♫ XC835676 - Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius - flight call, song - Dundgovi, Mongolia. Source: XENOCANTO XC835676 - Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius - flight call, song - Dundgovi, Mongolia.mp3 (flight call)


Call attributes: flight call Frequency: ,
First documented observation : 2022-04-10 in Mallorca.