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Photo: Cliff Wallis
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Mountain Plovers are small shorebirds distinguished from other brown-backed plovers by their
all white belly and breast. It has a white forehead with a dark bar above and a black line from
the eye to the bill. It does not have a neck-band, distinguishing it from the Piping Plover and
Killdeer. They live in flat heavily grazed or burned native grassland.
Length: 20-24 cm (8-9 inches)
Mountain Plovers are extremely rare in this area.
Did you know?
- The female may mate with more than one male, leaving her first mate to sit on the
eggs, while she lays eggs in a second nest.
- There are likely fewer than 25 adult Mountain Plovers in Canada.
- Grazing by cattle or Black-tailed Prairie Dogs is important in maintaining
suitable areas for nesting.
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