Little-ringed Plover

Order - Charadriiformes 鸻形目
Family - Charadriidae 鸻科 (Plovers)
Genus - Charadrius 鸻属

Little-ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius

小环颈鸻

    Size : 14–17 cm; 26–53 g; Wingspan 42–48 cm

             

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Charadrius dubius curonicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
  – Eurasia from British Is to Russian Far East, Korea, E China and Japan, also in N Africa and Canary Is; winters in Africa S of Sahara, Arabia, E China and Indonesia.
• Charadrius dubius jerdoni (Legge, 1880)
  – Indian Subcontinent and SE Asia.
• Charadrius dubius dubius (Scopoli, 1786)
  – Philippines S to New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago.

Date : 22 March 2014
塱原湿地, 上水区, 新界, 香港
Long Valley Wetland, Sheung Shui District, New Territories, Hong Kong