Tibetan Sand Plover vs Two-banded Plover

Tibetan Sand Plover

Anarhynchus atrifrons

It is a medium-sized plover with a pale throat, brown back and white underparts. Adults in summer plumage have a black mask and a light orange chest and neck; males are on average paler than females. Adults in winter plumage and juveniles have light brown upperparts and white underparts, with varying amounts of white on the forehead and back.

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Two-banded Plover

Anarhynchus falklandicus

Small67 g

The two-banded plover is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 62 to 72 g (2.2 to 2.5 oz). It has a potbellied appearance and its bill and legs are black. Adult males in breeding have a white forehead, lower face, breast, and belly. They have a black bar on the forecrown and a chestnut crown and hindneck. Their upperparts are brown. They have two black breastbands, the upper one of which is frequently incomplete. (This feature is more prevalent in the Falklands population. Voice: What is believed to be the two-banded plover's display song is "a repeated phrase of 2–3 mellow notes followed by a gravelly trill, e.g. 'whit-whit-whitrrrrrrt'." Frequently heard calls are "a short emphatic 'pit' or mellower 'whit'."

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