Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

-Waders

CHARADRIIFORMES

Charadriidae

Charadrius dubius
Sandy or rocky shores of lakes and rivers, mudflats.
From British Isles and s Scandinavia e across nw,c Russia and c Siberia to Amurland, Ussuriland and Japan s to Shikoku, s to e Atlantic is. (Canaries, Madeira), Mediterranean region incl. Balearic Is., Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus; from n Morocco e to n Tunisia and n Egypt, and from Turkey, Middle East and n Arabia e through s Asia to se Asia and the Philippines, s to Sri Lanka; lowlands to 1500 m in New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago.
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Charadrius hiaticula
Sandy areas with low sparse vegetation, farms, grassy tundra.
From Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., Spitsbergen, Bear I. and Scandinavia e through n Russia (incl. Novaya Zemlya) and n Siberia to Chukotski Pen., Anadyrland and Sea of Okhotsk, and s to British Isles and n Europe, w to n France. W Alaska on St. Lawrence Island.
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Charadrius semipalmatus
Sandy areas, grassy or mossy tundra.
From n Alaska, n Yukon, n Mackenzie, n Keewatin and Banks, Victoria,
s Somerset and c Baffin is. e to n Labrador and s to Pribilof and e Aleutian is., w Alaska on the Alaskan Pen. and St. Lawrence I., Queen Charlotte Is., sw,c British Columbia, w Washington, sc Oregon, se Yukon, s Mackenzie, ne Alberta, and n Saskatchewan e across c Canada to c Quebec, and s along Atlantic coast to Gulf of St. Lawrence and s Nova Scotia.
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Charadrius dubius

Little Ringed Plover

common

has bred: Cyprus, Iraq,

Tunisia, Madeira

Charadrius hiaticula

Common Ringed Plover

common, local

has bred: Bear Is, Spain,

Belgium, Czechoslovakia,

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Charadrius semipalmatus

Semipalmated Plover

Vagrant

w.Europe, Spitsbergen, Azores

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Charadrius vociferus
Fields, meadows, pastures, mudflats, lakes, ponds and rivers.
From ec,se Alaska, s Yukon, w,s Mackenzie and n Saskatchewan e across c Canada to c Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward I., w Nova Scotia and w Newfoundland, s to s Baja Calif., Guerrero, Guanajuato, Tamaulipas, Gulf coast and s Florida; W. Indies in Greater Antilles e to Virgin Is., s Bahamas; Aruba; Pacific coast of Peru and nw Chile to Arica.
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Charadrius pecuarius
Lakes, rivers, flooded fields, sandy beaches.
In s Mauritania, s Mali, Senegambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, C. Afr. Rep. e to Lake Chad, ne Egypt, c Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, s Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe and S. Africa. Madagascar.
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--pecuarius (L) = a grazer, in reference to grassland habitat.
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Charadrius tricollaris
Ponds, mudflats,marshes, sandy river banks. S Mali, c,e Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, sw,sc,ce,ne Zaire, Lake Chad area, s Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, nw Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to s S. Africa. Madagascar.
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