Two-banded Plover

Two-banded Plover
Two-banded Plover
Non-breeding
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Charadrius
Species: C. falklandicus
Binomial name
Charadrius falklandicus
Latham, 1790

The Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It breeds in Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands. Part of the population migrates north in winter with some birds reaching Uruguay and southern Brazil.

Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, saline marshes, rocky shores, and sandy shores.

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