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Common Ringed Plover

Common Ringed Plover - Adult male in breeding plumage

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Las Galletas (Arona), Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» June, 2020

Equipment

» Pentax K-m, with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Charadrius hiaticula - Common Ringed Plover

Bird Species (French)

»Pluvier grand-gravelot

Bird Family

»Charadriidae - Plovers

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» This wader is quite common both as a migrant and wintering bird in the Canary Islands. The bird in the image belongs to the subspecies C. h. psammodromus and was identified, aged and sexed by Richard Chandler, expert in shorebirds.

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