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Eurasian Dotterel
Eudromias morinellus
| Armenian Name: | Պինդիրա |
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See Plate 25 for Eurasian Dotterel and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Casual |
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| Length: | 20-22 cm, Wing Span:57-64 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 120. |
| Description: | A boldly patterned, pale-legged plover. |
| Adult (Breeding): | Grayish upperparts with long white supercilium, black crown, and gray neck. Narrow black-and-white breast band, red-brown breast and flanks, black belly. Female: brighter with larger black area on belly. |
| Adult (Non-breeding): | Much plainer with off-white underparts, dull gray breast with faint white band, yellow-white supercilium. |
| Juvenile: | Like non-breeding adult but crown, upperparts, and breast have darker feather centers. |
| Behavior: | Gregarious on migration and in winter. |
| Habitat: | Sandy or rocky semidesert, plowed fields. |
| Food: | Invertebrates. |
