Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758

Common Ringed Plover, Charadrius hiaticula, is a plover of the Charadriidae family that breeds in the Palearctic, from Greenland to north-east Siberia and into temperate Europe. Outside the breeding season it moves south to southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the Azores and Cape Verde, and also reaches northern and sub-Saharan Africa, the Seychelles, the Comoros, Madagascar, the Mascarenes, and the Middle East to the Persian Gulf region. It nests on open ground, often on beaches or flats, and can also breed inland. Its breeding range includes Arctic and temperate areas, with some birds remaining in Britain and northern France all year.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Charadriidae — Plovers

Breeding range

Palearctic: inland high Arctic Palearctic from Greenland to ne Siberia; to temperate Europe

Nonbreeding range

to s Europe and Mediterranean, Azores to Cape Verde (Macaronesia, w of nw Africa); n and Sub-Saharan Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and the Mascarenes; Middle East to Persian Gulf region