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Common Name

Rufous-Chested Dotterel

Alternate Names

Rufous-Chested Plover

Common Type

Plover

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Charadriidae

Genus

Charadrius

Species

modestus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Rufous Chested Dotteral Argentina 1, Rufous Chested Dotteral Argentina 2, Rufous Chested Dotteral Argentina 3, Rufous Chested Dotteral Argentina 4

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Temperate grassland and sandy shores

Distribution and Range

Breeds in Argentina and Chiles and winters in Uruguay, Peeru and Brazil.

Food

Feed on insects and other invertebrates which are obtained by the run and pause technique

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Field Notes:

Food is obtained by a run-and-pause technique, rather than the steady probing of some other wader groups. They hunt by sight, rather than by feel as do longer-billed waders

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