Mountain Plover
Anarhynchus montanus (Townsend, JK, 1837)
Charadriidae — Plovers
Mountain Plover, Anarhynchus montanus, is a plover of the family Charadriidae that breeds in inland North America from far south Alberta and south-west Saskatchewan to north-east Utah and west Texas. In the non-breeding season it moves to inland central California, southern Arizona and southern Texas, and into northern Baja California, Sonora, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas. It is a ground-dwelling bird of open, dry country with short grass and bare soil, and it is not usually found by water or on wet ground.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae — Plovers
- Breeding range
- North America: inland far s Alberta and sw Saskatchewan (sc Canada) s to ne Utah and w Texas (wc USA)
- Nonbreeding range
- to inland c California, s, Arizona to s Texas (sw, sc USA) and n Baja California, Sonora to Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas (n Mexico)
