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Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Grey plover
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Aves | Ciconiiformes | Charadriidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Others; brackish. Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Indo-Pacific and Northeast Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 28.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94965)
Coastal shorebird. Feeds on mudflats with foraging rate influenced by tide levels. Migration route across the North Australian Basin to Indonesia; some continuing across the Bay of Bengal northward to breeding grounds (Ref. 87784). Outside of the breeding season, species is often found on intertidal mudflats, salt marshes, sandflats, beaches, bays and estuaries (Ref. 107886).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Brooke, M. de L., I. Hepburn and R.J. Travelyan. 2004. (Ref. 87921)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Vulnerable (VU) (A2bcd+4bcd); Date assessed: 10 July 2024
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Trophic Ecology
Ecology
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Growth
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Abundance
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
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Abundance
Life cycle
Reproduction
Maturity
Fecundity
Spawning
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Maturity
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Spawning
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Larvae
Distribution
Physiology
Oxygen consumption
Human Related
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Taxonomy
References
Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 5.1 - 29.1, mean 16.7 (based on 4003 cells).