Collared Plover

Anarhynchus collaris (Vieillot, 1818)

Collared Plover, Anarhynchus collaris, is a plover of coastal and riverine habitats across Middle America and South America, breeding from coastal Mexico through Central America and much of the Neotropics to Chile and Argentina. It is a small shorebird in the family Charadriidae. Adults show a black breast band, while the male has a white forehead edged by black above and below, with chestnut on the crown and nape. The species also has yellow legs, dark flight feathers with a white wing bar, and white sides to the tail.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Charadriidae — Plovers

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: widespread, coastal and riverine Neotropics: coastal Mexico from Sinaloa and s Tamaulipas (but not Yucatan Pen.), coastal Central America, inland around Lake Nicaragua and Panama Canal zone; n Colombia and Venezuela, islands n of Venezuela, Trinidad, nc Chile and c Argentina