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title: "Mornellregenpfeifer"
description: "Eudromias morinellus — Vögel. The Eurasian dotterel (Eudromias morinellus), also known in Europe as just dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/eurasian-dotterel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mornellregenpfeifer

> Eudromias morinellus — Vögel. The Eurasian dotterel (Eudromias morinellus), also known in Europe as just dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds.

- Scientific name: *Eudromias morinellus*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld)
- iNaturalist observations: 1281
- iNaturalist taxon: [4788](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4788)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Dotterel
- de: Mornellregenpfeifer
- es: Chorlo Carambolo
- fr: Guignard d'Eurasie

## Countries with the most observations

FR (181), IT (127), GB (119), ES (116), RU (83), DE (82), PT (65), FI (57), NO (53), SE (43), DK (30), NL (30)

## Summary

The Eurasian dotterel (Eudromias morinellus), also known in Europe as just dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. It is the only species placed in the genus Eudromias.
The dotterel is a brown-and-black-streaked bird with a broad, white eye stripe and an orange-red chest band when in breeding plumage. The female is more colourful than the male. The bird is tame and unsuspecting, and the term "dotterel" has been applied contemptuously to mean an old fool.
The Eurasian dotterel is a migratory species, breeding in Northern Europe and Eurosiberia and migrating south to North Africa and the Middle East…

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

## Photo

![Mornellregenpfeifer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-dotterel/medium.jpg)

Photo: mattnewnham · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267611366

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-dotterel?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).