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- Title
RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF WHITE-FACED PLOVER CHARADRIUS DEALBATUS AND THREE OTHER SMALL PLOVERS ON THE EAST COAST OF NORTH SUMATRA PROVINCE, INDONESIA.
- Authors
CROSSLAND, ANDREW C.; SITORUS, ARI W.
- Abstract
This paper reports on observations of White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus, Little Ringed Plover C. dubius curonicus, Kentish Plover C. alexandrinus and Malaysian Plover C. peronii on the central east coast of North Sumatra Province, Indonesia during September-October 2010 and November 2012. All four species were found in low numbers (in total comprising <4% of all Charadrius plovers) at a relatively small number of sites. We report the first confirmed sightings of White-faced Plover in North Sumatra Province and confirm that the non-breeding range of this taxon includes the east coast of northern Sumatra. Our findings suggest that Sumatra is at the southern edge of the regular non-breeding range for migratory Little Ringed Plover and Kentish Plover populations using the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. We found that numbers of resident Malaysian Plover are very low and the species is absent from many areas of suitable habitat. It has disappeared from areas where it was known to occur in the past and this appears to be attributable to human disturbance and modification of preferred habitat.
- Subjects
SUMATERA Utara (Indonesia); INDONESIA; PLOVERS; BIRD population measurement; LITTLE ringed plover; BIRDS; ANIMAL behavior
- Publication
Stilt: The Journal of the East Asian - Australasian Flyway, 2014, Issue 65, p29
- ISSN
0726-1888
- Publication type
Article