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title: "Mountain Plover"
description: "Anarhynchus montanus — Birds. The mountain plover (Anarhynchus montanus) is a medium-sized ground bird in the plover family (Charadriidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mountain-plover
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mountain Plover

> Anarhynchus montanus — Birds. The mountain plover (Anarhynchus montanus) is a medium-sized ground bird in the plover family (Charadriidae).

- Scientific name: *Anarhynchus montanus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `farm` (Farm)
- iNaturalist observations: 1078
- Wikidata: [Q137174885](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137174885)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505648](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505648)

## Names

- en: Mountain Plover
- de: Bergregenpfeifer
- es: Chorlo llanero
- fr: Pluvier montagnard

## Countries with the most observations

US (992), MX (27)

## Summary

The mountain plover (Anarhynchus montanus) is a medium-sized ground bird in the plover family (Charadriidae). It is misnamed, as it lives on level land. Unlike most plovers, it is usually not found near bodies of water or even on wet soil; it prefers dry habitat with short grass (usually due to grazing) and bare ground. Its height is in the range of 5–9 inches (12.7–22.8 cm), and length in the range of 8–10 inches (20.3–25.4 cm); and it weighs around 102 grams.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_plover

## Photo

![Mountain Plover](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mountain-plover/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67229758

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mountain-plover?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).