Information Plover Arctic, with black feathers on the neck, chest a

Familia: Charadriidae
Genero: Pluvialis
Nombre Cientifico: squatarola

NAME (S) LOCAL (S):
Pigheaded chicken, chicken large sea

DISTRIBUTION IN CHILE:
summer visitor from Arica to Llanquihue.

HABITAT:
Sandy beaches.

DESCRIPTION:
Length: 28-29 cms.

Austral summer plumage: Parts of marginalized brownish above with white feathers. Throat, neck forward, chest and abdomen white; sometimes with chest and striped gray-brown flanks. Supracaudals back and white. White with brown transverse lines Cola. Black beak. Black legs with small rear finger.

Summer plumage: the biggest change is in the lower parts. The white changes to black on the cheeks, throat, front neck, chest. Smoky black tops with white feathers marginalized. White upper parts of the head.

With black feathers on the neck, chest and abdomen during the middle of breeding season, this species nests in the Arctic regions of North America, Europe and Asia over the summer. When winter in the northern hemisphere, migrating south to Africa, India and South America. It is at this time that changes its plumage, principally by changing the black brownish whites or something.

Much like the Golden Plover (Plover); however, it is yellowish in austral summer plumage; and all the black bottom in summer plumage. Another feature to differentiate is that the golden plover lacks the little finger back.

Countries where lives Chorlo Ártico

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