Greater Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula (Linnaeus, 1758)

		spring autumn juvenile
2012-05-12 Mangistau oblast, Fetisovo 2012-08-05 Sorbulak lake. Almaty oblast.2013-09-08 Almaty region, Sorbulak	© Andrey Vilyayev © Antonina Fokina© Gennadiy Dyakin

Distribution

On migration occurs almost everywhere in plains of Kazakhstan, mainly in western parts of the country.

Biology

Locally common passage migrant. Occurs on the shores of fresh and salty lakes, rivers' sand banks, and on shores of islands of Caspian Sea. In spring arrives in May, the latest migrants observed in the end of May. Autumn migration begins in mid-August, most of birds migrate in the end of August to mid-September, latest migrants recorded in mid-October. In spring occurs singly or in small groups, in autumn occurs in flocks of one-two dozen birds.

Subspecies

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург. Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000.