Michel van Royen
Little Ringed Plover
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- in the spotlight
- Mammels (Mammalia)
- The biology of birds in the wild
- 1 – Birds in Animal Paradise
- 2 – The evolution of birds: a look at their fosil past
- 3 – Specification and systematics are important components of biology:
- 4 – Bird feathers: what, where and why
- 5 – The art of flying, how birds do it
- 6 – Fuel for the bird engine
- 7 – Every bird sings as it is beaked
- 8 – From beak to cloaca
Habitat: Usually along freshwater in inland areas, especially gravel and sand pits and islands in rivers.
Appearance: Summer visitor to Europe, absent in the far north. In Belgium and the Netherlands, a fairly rare breeding bird – migratory.
Breeding season: April to August, ground nest – the nest is an inconspicuous hollow in the gravel, sometimes lined with a few plant parts, 4 eggs.
Characteristics: Length 15.5 to 18 cm, wingspan 32 to 35 cm, weight 26 to 53 grams, lifespan 12 years.
Food: Small animals are picked up from the ground and from shallow water, with seeds as supplementary food. Small stones are regularly found in the stomach of dead Little Ringed Plovers.
