Mountain plover

Weight

95.7 g – 114 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

10 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grasslandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

29 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

3src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

2src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The mountain plover is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderCharadriiformes
5. familyCharadriidae
6. genusCharadrius
7. SpeciesCharadrius montanus J. K. Townsend, 1837

Synonyms Aegialitis montana, Anarhynchus montanus, Eupoda montana, Podasocys montana

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Little ringed plover

Charadrius dubius

Charadriidae

LC, Least Concern

Common ringed plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Charadriidae

LC, Least Concern

Kentish plover

Charadrius alexandrinus

Charadriidae

Eurasian dotterel

Charadrius morinellus

Charadriidae

LC, Least Concern

Greater sand plover

Charadrius leschenaultii

Charadriidae

EN, Endangered

Siberian sand plover

Charadrius mongolus

Charadriidae

CompareMountain plover vs Little ringed ploverMountain plover vs Common ringed ploverMountain plover vs Kentish ploverMountain plover vs Eurasian dotterel

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@misc{mountain_plover_2026,
  title = {Mountain plover (Charadrius montanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-plover},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}