Mountain plover Charadrius montanus
Identification Tips:
Length: 7.5 inches
Medium-sized, long-tailed, long-winged shorebird
Very short, fairly thick bill marks it as a plover
Yellowish to flesh-colored legs
Juvenile similar to adult ...
Mountain Plovers nest exclusively in flat, arid, sparsely vegetated areas, permitting a full view of their surroundings. Short-grass prairies are preferred.
Mountain Plover Behaviour
No observations regarding Mountain Plover behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Mountain Plovers ...
ROCKY-MOUNTAIN PLOVER.
[Mountain Plover.]
CHARADRIUS MONTANUS, Towns.
[Charadrius montanus.] ...
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Stilts, Avocets, and Oystercatchers
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) ...
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus. Accidental.
Oystercatchers - Family Haematopodidae ...
Rare and declining species such as the black-footed ferret [24,43,47,55,63,99,120,128], swift fox (Vulpes velox), mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) [111], and burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) [15,69,91,93,104,106,107,131, ...
As we searched the plowed fields of Robinson Road looking for Mountain Plovers, Patti spied a raptor on the ground and we screeched to a halt.
However anyone pronounces it, if they announce they see a Mountain Plover I'll come runnin'.
Ploohv-er. hadn't thought of that one!
I'm still working on whether it's nut-hatch or nu-thatch.
Nesting distribution and population census of Golden Eagles, Prairie Falcons, Mountain Plovers, and Long-billed Curlews in Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Unpublished report, George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center, Inc., Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Black Bellied Plover
Eurasian Dotterel
Lesser Golden Plover
Mountain Plover ...
Mexican long-tongued bat (Choeronycteris mexicana)
Mountain plover (Charadrius montanus)
Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata)
Gopher frog (Lithobates capito)
Sand pine (Pinus clausa)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) ...
They are an important prey species, being the primary diet in prairie species such as the Black-footed Ferret, the Swift Fox, the Golden Eagle, the Badger, and the Ferruginous Hawk. Other species, such as the Mountain Plover and the Burrowing Owl ...
Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus
Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus
Little Ringed Plover, Charadrius dubius (A)
Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus
Mountain Plover, Charadrius montanus
Eurasian Dotterel, Charadrius morinellus (C) ...
dog towns forage more efficiently and put on more weight than when they forage elsewhere. Prairie dog towns also provide homes for black footed ferrets and burrowing owls, and foraging areas for insect eating birds such as the mountain plover.
Mountain Plover, Charadrius montanus
Hooded Plover, Charadrius rubricollis : Endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss.
 See also: Plover, Piping Plover, Sandpiper, Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover
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