Species profile
Tawny-throated Dotterel
Oreopholus ruficollis
Quick answer
the subspecies O. r. ruficollis breeds in southern South America, on Chilean coastal islands and in Tierra del Fuego. It migrates in March-April to Ecuador and extreme southern Brazil (Sick, 1997), reaching RS between May and July (Belton, 1984) and possibly reaching SC and RJ, and returning to its breeding sites between August and September (Wiersma et al., 2016). There are records for RJ in May, SC in June and RS from April to August, which confirms this pattern (Maciel & Blanco, 2014; WikiAves, 2016).
- Scientific name
- Oreopholus ruficollis
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Oreopholus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Charadriidae
- Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
- Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- Black-banded Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
- black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
- Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
- Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
- Blacksmith lapwing, Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus)