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Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

The Piping Plover is a small, sandy-colored bird that loves to live on beaches. It has a sweet, whistling call and is known for its tiny size and cute appearance.

Hábitat: Coastal areas

Aspecto

The Piping Plover is a small, pale shorebird with sand-colored plumage on its back and white underparts. It has a short, stout black bill, distinctive orange legs, and a single black band across its breast and a black bar on its forehead during breeding season, making it blend perfectly with its beach habitat.

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Piping Plover
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Piping Plover

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Rareza

Rare

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

Piping Plover chicks can leave the nest and find their own food just hours after hatching!

Their nests are just shallow scrapes in the sand, sometimes lined with small pebbles!

These tiny birds migrate thousands of kilometers, flying from Canada all the way to the Caribbean!

They nest directly on sandy beaches, making their camouflaged eggs nearly invisible!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Instant Blend-In

Piping Plover can disappear into its sandy surroundings because its pale feathers perfectly match the beach environment.

Habilidad

Broken Wing Play

Piping Plover can pretend to have a broken wing that helps them lure predators away from their hidden nests and chicks.

Habilidad

Vibration Sensing

Piping Plover can detect tiny vibrations in the sand that helps them find hidden insect prey without seeing them.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
17-18 cm
Envergadura
38-48 cm
Peso
0.043-0.063 kg
Esperanza de vida
5-10 años
Top Speed
40 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
3-4
Incubación
26-31 días
Distancia de migración
3000 km

Dieta y alimentación

These small birds dash along beaches to gobble up tiny marine worms, insects, and crustaceans.

Alimentos principales

  • Marine worms
  • Beetle larvae
  • Flies
  • Crustaceans
  • Mollusks

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Preys on eggs and chicks.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Hunts adult plovers and their young.

eats

Sandworm

Nereis virens

Forages for these marine worms.

eats

European Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

Consumes small crab species.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Plover

Colecciones

Seguridad

Peligro

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Always be gentle and quiet around birds so they feel safe.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Piping Plover?

17-18 cm

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Piping Plover?

38-48 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Piping Plover?

0.043-0.063 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Piping Plover?

5-10 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Piping Plover?

40 km/h

¿Qué come Piping Plover?

These small birds dash along beaches to gobble up tiny marine worms, insects, and crustaceans.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Piping Plover?

Coastal areas

¿Cómo caza Piping Plover?

Foraging

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