Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Plovers and Lapwings :: Tawny-throated Dotterel

Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis

Described by: Wagler (1829)
Alternate common name(s): Slender-billed Plover
Old scientific name(s): Eudromias ruficollis

Photographs

near El Paraiso, Peru - Jan, 2005 © R S Scanlon  Tierra del Fuego, Argentina - Mar, 2009 © Lou Hegedus 
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Range

Cw. to sw. South America;
(1) Sw. Ecuador and n. Peru.
(2) Andes of se. Peru, c. sw. Bolivia, Chile, w. Argentina s. from Chubut to Tierra del Fuego.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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