Order: Charadriiformes | Family: Charadriidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lomas de Lachay, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Junin, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lomas de Lachay, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Andes of Lima
Status: The Tawny-throated Dotterel is an uncommon to rare breeding resident in the lowlands of northwest Peru (pallidus). A separate population of Austral migrants winters in the high Andes and lowlands of central and southern Peru during the month of March through October. There are breeding records of apparently the Austral migrants as far north as Lomas de Lachay in Lima. It also occurs in Ec, Br, Bo, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Chorlo de Campo.
Sub-species: Tawny-throated Dotterel (Oreopholus ruficollis pallidus), Carriker 1935.
(O. r. ruficollis), Wagler 1829.
Meaning of Name: Oreopholus: Gr. oros= mountain and pole= over. ruficollis: L. rufus= red, brown and collis= neck.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.