Species: Pluvialis fulva

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Charadriidae

Genus

Pluvialis

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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Chorlo Fulvo - Pluvier fauve

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Shorebirds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae - Pluvialis - are distinct species. Sibley and Monroe (1990) and AOU (1993) also treated these taxa as separate species.

Ecology and Life History

Migration

false - false - true - Arrives in Hawaii by August, departs by late April; indirect and direct evidence indicate that birds in Hawaii in winter are from Alaskan breeding areas (Johnson et al. 1989, Johnson et al. 1997).

Non-migrant

false

Locally Migrant

false

Food Comments

Feeds primarily on insects (grasshoppers, crickets, grubs of beetles, caterpillars, cutworms, wireworms, etc.). Also eats some small mollusks and crustaceans.

Reproduction Comments

Breeding begins in late spring. Clutch size usually 4. Incubation probably about 26 days, by both sexes. Young precocial, tended by both adults. Monogamous. First breeds at 1 year, though first-year females may breed less commonly than do first-year males (Johnson et al. 1993). Nesting density and/or nesting success may vary greatly over time and space (Johnson et al. 1993).

Ecology Comments

NON-BREEDING: In Hawaii, many establish winter territories to which they return each year; abandon territories at night and roost in flock (Johnson et al. 1981). Territorial birds had higher apparent survival rates than non-territorial wintering birds (Johnson et al. 2001). Winter mortality in Hawaii was caused by accidents (collisions) and probable predation by owls (Johnson et al. 2001).

Length

Weight

145

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

1996-11-25

Global Status Last Changed

1996-11-25

Other Status

LC - Least concern

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

BREEDING: western Alaska east to Yamal Peninsula in Siberia. NON-BREEDING: India, southern China, Hawaii (most abundant August-April, some present all year) south to Australia, New Zealand. Breeders from western Alaska and eastern Siberia occur mainly in the Indo-Pacific region during the northern winter.

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