Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Rufous-chested Plover - Charadrius modestus

Order: Charadriiformes - Family: Charadriidae Status: Winter visitor. Habitat: Ponds

Winter visitor. Arrives after breeding season from the south in preferently basic or transitional plumage.
All records since January 2014
Adulto
Plumaje básico
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel23-5-06 © Roberto Ares
Uniformly brown back and breast. Conspicuous eyebrow and rest of underparts, white. Black bill and light legs
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel23-5-06 © Roberto Ares
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel20-5-06 © Roberto Ares
Brown tail with outer rectrices white
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel20-5-06 © Roberto Ares
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel14-7-06 © Roberto Ares
Still with characteristics of alternate plumage: rufous breast bracketed by black band
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel14-7-06 © Roberto Ares
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel7-2006 © Cristian Bannier
Juvenile
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel23-5-06 © Roberto Ares
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel23-5-06 © Roberto Ares
Darker brown and frosty upperparts
Behaviour
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel31-5-06 © Roberto Ares
Con chorlito de collar Charadrius collaris Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel7-6-06 © Roberto Ares
Con otras acuáticas
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel10-6-06 © Roberto Ares
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel6-6-07 © Roberto Ares
Few isolated individuals. Frequents mudflats, sandy beaches and native grasslands.
More photographic records since January 2013
Other records
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel7-2006 © Alberto Gurni Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel7-2006 © Cristian Bannier
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel7-2006 © Javier Ubiría Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel6-2006 © Hugo Hulsberg
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel6-2006 © Marcelo Rodríguez Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel5-2006 © Jorge García Vicente
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel5-2006 © Alec Earnshaw Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel7-2005 © Roberto Guller
Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel7-2005 © Silvia Vitale Chorlo pecho colorado/Rufous-chested Dotterel5-2005 © Alberto Gurni