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CoastalScrapeMedium · 84 g
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This species is in its structure and habits much like a turnstone, but it cannot be confused with any other wader species. Its upperparts and breast are pale grey, and the rest of the underparts are white. It has short red legs, a black bill and red eyes. In young birds, the eyes and legs are yellowish in colour, and the plumage is grey overall with scaling. The call is a dovelike coo.
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When to see the Magellanic Plover
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Magellanic Plover
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Magellanic Plover
The Magellanic plover is a rare wader endemic to southernmost South America.
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