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Recordings
Scientific Name
Charadrius hiaticula
Arabic Name
الزقزاق المطوق الشائع
Kuwaiti name
إرهيز
Family
Width
52.0 cm
Length
19.0 cm
Similar species
Information
Common passage migrant and winter visitor; rare summer visitor. One of the most widespread migrating Palearctic plovers, frequently using muddy shorelines and even small inland wetlands.
Where in Kuwait
It is found in a variety of wetland habitats, including muddy, sandy coasts, mudflats, estuaries, lagoons and saltmarshes. It may also inhabit a number of artificial habitats, such as farmlands and sewage outfalls.
In the world
A species with a large range and decreasing population. The majority of this species is fully migratory and travels either on a broad or narrow front depending on the location of each population's breeding and wintering grounds. Underground prey is enticed to come to the surface by ‘foot-trembling’, whereby the bird stands on one foot and rapidly taps the other on the ground, imitating the vibrations of rainfall.
Local threats
Important migratory stop-over habitats for this species are threatened by petroleum pollution and degradation of habitat.