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title: "Collared Plover"
description: "Anarhynchus collaris — Uccelli. The collared plover (Anarhynchus collaris) is a small shorebird in the plover family, Charadriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/collared-plover
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Collared Plover

> Anarhynchus collaris — Uccelli. The collared plover (Anarhynchus collaris) is a small shorebird in the plover family, Charadriidae.

- Scientific name: *Anarhynchus collaris*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3653
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505645](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505645)

## Names

- en: Collared Plover
- de: Azara-Regenpfeifer
- es: Chorlito collarejo
- fr: Pluvier d'Azara

## Countries with the most observations

AR (862), BR (670), MX (450), CL (344), UY (149), PE (145), CO (139), CR (138), BO (82), GF (76), EC (71), NI (68)

## Summary

The collared plover (Anarhynchus collaris) is a small shorebird in the plover family, Charadriidae. It lives along coasts and riverbanks of the tropical to temperate Americas, from central Mexico south to Chile and Argentina.
This small plover is 18 centimetres (7.1 in) long and weighs 35 grams (1.2 oz). Its upperparts are brown and the underparts white in all plumages. Adults have a black breast band. The male has a white forehead, bordered above by a black frontal bar, and below by a black stripe from the bill to the eye. The mid-crown and nape are chestnut and the legs are yellow. In flight, the flight feathers…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238177715

## Machine access

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