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Birds · Charadriiformes · Charadriidae
Dotterel
Charadrius morinellus
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The Eurasian dotterel is a mountain wader with a reversed breeding system: the female is larger and more strikingly marked than the male, does the courting, defends the territory and may mate with several males, while it is the male that incubates and raises the chicks alone. It breeds on Arctic tundra and on stony summits in Scotland and the Alps, and spends the winter on the steppes of North Africa and the Near East.
Weight
90 g – 145 g
Size
20 cm – 24 cm
Life expectancy
12 years
