Most likely this is a Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius curonicus), other subspecies very rare in region. It is moving from a breeding to a non-breeding plumage. Amar-Singh HSS (Dato’ Dr) – Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia Location: Malim Nawar, Perak, Malaysia Habitat: … Continued
“The Common Sandpiper’s (Actitis hypoleucos) (above) classical call is made often when the bird is flushed and we would have heard this often. Wells (1999) describes this as ‘a shrill, pipping, pwee-wee-wee-wee‘. Van Gils, Wiersma & Kirwan (2017) in HBW … Continued
“I was passing through this area and stopped to check out the waders. It was extremely hot at 12 noon and I spotted this Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius curonicus) that was employing a gular flutter to keep cool. “Frank … Continued
“I was watching some plovers today and was delighted to be able to document the ‘foot-trembling’ feeding method of the Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius curonicus). “This feeding method has been described in this species since 1915 and also in … Continued
We have accumulated a collection of more than 200 bird calls and songs LINK since our earlier posts urging for birdsound documentation LINK 1 and LINK 2. Even then only a small number of bird species found in Singapore and … Continued
