Ecology of Pluvialis fulva
 
Main Ref. Brooke, M. de L., I. Hepburn and R.J. Travelyan, 2004
Remarks Generally occupies coastal areas, foraging in coastal fields, prairies, coastal freshwater pools, salt marshes, beaches, open mud, sandflats and reefs. Strongly migratory. May forage in solitary or in flocks of one hundred or more. Feeds on insects, molluscs, worms, crustaceans, and spiders (Ref. 107885).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

Marine - Neritic Marine - Oceanic Brackishwater Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies
  • supra-littoral zone
  • littoral zone
  • sublittoral zone
  • epipelagic
  • mesopelagic
  • epipelagic
  • abyssopelagic
  • hadopelagic
  • estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas
  • mangroves
  • marshes/swamps
  • rivers/streams
  • lakes/ponds
  • caves
  • exclusively in caves
Highighted items on the list are where Pluvialis fulva may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref. Birdlife International, 2016
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref. Birdlife International, 2016
Feeding habit hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref. Birdlife International, 2016

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items 3.80 0.29 Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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