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ringed plover

Meaning of "ringed plover" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RINGED PLOVER

ringed plover


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RINGED PLOVER

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Ringed plover is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RINGED PLOVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Common ringed plover

The common ringed plover or ringed plover is a small plover. Adults are 17-19.5 cm in length with a 35–41 cm wingspan. They have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes and a short orange and black bill. The legs are orange and only the outer two toes are slightly webbed, unlike the slightly smaller but otherwise very similar semipalmated plover, which has all three toes slightly webbed, and also a marginally narrower breast band; it was in former times included in the present species. Juvenile ringed plovers are duller than the adults in colour, with an often incomplete grey-brown breast band, a dark bill and dull yellowish-grey legs. Common ringed plover feeding Common ringed plover, with a redshank behind Common ringed plover Egg – MHNT Mating This species differs from the smaller little ringed plover in leg colour, the head pattern, and the lack of an obvious yellow eye-ring.

Definition of ringed plover in the English dictionary

The definition of ringed plover in the dictionary is a European shorebird, Charadrius hiaticula, with a greyish-brown back, white underparts with a black throat band, and orange legs: family Charadriidae.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RINGED PLOVER

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WORDS THAT END LIKE RINGED PLOVER

animal lover · book lover · clover · four-leaf clover · glover · golden plover · grey plover · in clover · latin lover · little ringed plover · lover · music lover · nature lover · over · plover · pullover · red clover · rollover · spillover · sweet clover · white clover

Synonyms and antonyms of ringed plover in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ringed plover» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RINGED PLOVER

Find out the translation of ringed plover to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ringed plover from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ringed plover» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

环斑鸻
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

chorlitejo grande
570 millions of speakers
en

English

ringed plover
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

चक्राकार प्लोवर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزقزاق الحلقية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

галстучник
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

tarambola rodeado
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

চটকদার প্লেয়ার
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

gravelot
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Plover cincin
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Sandregenpfeifer
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

環状チドリ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

고리 물떼새
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ring plover
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chim bò bao quanh
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மோதிரத்தை பிளவர்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

रिंगेड प्लॉव्हर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Halka aski
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

piviere anellato
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Sieweczka
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

галстучник
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

plover inele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δακτυλιοειδείς plover
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ringnekstrandkiewiet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

större strandpipare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sandlo
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RINGED PLOVER»

Discover the use of ringed plover in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ringed plover and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Behavioral Adaptation to Interdial Life (Nato Asi Series A, ...
... Oystercatcher, Curlew Knot Oystercatcher, Curlew Knot Oystercatcher, Curlew Ringed Plover Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, Curlew Grey Plover , Curlew Redshank, Curlew Sanderling, Ringed Plover Dunlin, Ringed Plover, ...
Guido Chelazzi, Marco Vannini, 1988
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The Helm Guide to Bird Identification
Where and when Ringed Plover is a widespread breeding and wintering bird ( mainly coastal) with numbers greatly inflated in spring and autumn by passage migrants (mainly Greenland breeders); also occurs inland on migration, sometimes ...
Keith Vinicombe, 2014
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Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere
Charadrius dubius, Common Ringed Plover C. hiaticula, Semipalmated Plover C. semipalmatus, Long-billed Plover C. placidus, Wilson's Plover C. wilsonia, Killdeer C. vociferus, Piping Plover C. melodus, Kittlitz's Plover C. pecuarius, ...
Richard Chandler, 2009
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Sasol Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide
S Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 18-20 cm Ringnekstrandkiewiet Resembling the Three-banded Plover but having only one black band, the Common Ringed Plover is smaller than both the Lesser and Greater Sand Plovers and ...
Ian Sinclair, Ian Hugh Davidson, 1995
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Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, ...
Charadrius dubius 17cm, 6.5" Very like Common Ringed Plover but smaller and slimmer with dark bill, narrowyellow orbital ring and pale pinkish or yellowish legs proportionately longer than Common Ringed Plover. Breeding adult has dark ...
Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, 2009
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The Shorebird Guide
Little Ringed Plover, p. 241 Charadrius dubius STATUS Palearctic species. Casual spring vagrant to w. Aleutians. Breeds from Norway and Morocco east to se. Russia and New Guinea. Winters from the n. tropics of Africa east to s. China and ...
Michael O'Brien, Kevin Karlson, 2006
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Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World
Charadrius hiaticula [Common Ringed Plover] × Charadrius semipalmatus [ Semipalmated Plover] ONHR. BRO: Alaska (St. Lawrence I.), n Canada. Smith reported hybrids on Baffin Island. Bock 1958; Meyer de Schauensee 1966 (p.
Department of Genetics University of Georgia Eugene M. McCarthy Post Doctoral Researcher, Athens, 2006
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Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
All easily identified in breeding plumage, but need care otherwise: note head, breast, and wing markings. Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 20cm, 8 ” [Ringed Plover] Non-br ad is brown above, with a single blackish breast band ...
Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, 2004
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Field Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe
Typical featureS The Little Ringed Plover does not have the white wing-stripe (3) of the Ringed Plover. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypolauvs Appearance: 19- 21cm long, back is olive-. Typical features Like all plovers, the Ringed Plover walks ...
Michael Eppinger, 2006
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Birds of the Middle East
Distinguished from Little Ringed Plover by white wing-bar, lack of pale orbital ring , and pale supercilium in juvenile. Separated from other plovers by obvious white hindneckcollar and call. Mainly nominate race occurs around Mediterranean ...
Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RINGED PLOVER»

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Creating a nature haven in Sandwell Valley
... Sentinel at Castle Vale. The ornate reserve gate features the little ringed plover and grey heron, which are among the birds to have made the site their home. «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
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UK coastal walks: Torridon, Scotland
From the wildlife hide you might spot oystercatchers, sandpipers, mallard ducks and ringed plovers. Carry on along the shore path, and enjoy views down Loch ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Country Diary: a fine time for plover lovers
Eleven pairs of little ringed plovers have fledged 32 young already, and four are sitting on second broods. It is thought to be a record for any site in Britain. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Bird in distress
I then saw a crow take a chick from the scrape of a ringed plover. Immediately after, the adult ringed plover stood on a piece of wood next to the scrape calling for ... «Northumberland Gazette, Jun 15»
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BirdLife Malta hosting a special open day at Ghadira nature reserve
Little Ringed Plovers breed regularly in Malta; however breeding is almost exclusively restricted to Ghadira nature reserve. This is because a few years after the ... «Gozo News, May 15»
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Making space for birds on Northumberland beach
As beaches get busier, shorebirds such as ringed plovers, oystercatchers and terns jostle for space with beach users and their dogs, and it can be difficult for ... «Northumberland Gazette, Apr 15»
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£1bn tidal lagoon: Swansea Bay deadline looms
"That's things like sand, mud, gravels and rockpools which are important for ringed plovers, sanderlings and other birds. "We also don't know exactly how it will ... «BBC News, Nov 14»
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Birdman: Why we're worried that waders are in steep decline
Separating a young ringed plover from a lookalike little ringed plover can hoodwink the best of birdwatchers. The first weeks of August witness shorebird ... «Express.co.uk, Aug 14»
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As Temperatures Rise, Britain Is Losing Its Waterbirds
“Species like the ringed plover, redshank and dunlin, their decline has been consistent for 10 to 20 years now. And there is no obvious change happening, so in ... «ThinkProgress, Jul 14»
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Winter wader numbers in freefall on UK estuaries
Ringed Plover (-39 per cent), Common Redshank (-26 per cent), Dunlin (-23 per cent), Eurasian Curlew (-17 per cent) and Oystercatcher (-15 per cent) are ... «Bird Watch, Jul 14»
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