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Three-banded plover

Charadrius tricollaris Vieillot, 1818

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The three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris) is a species in the family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 31.2 g to 31.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris)
Photo: Jenny Varley · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the three-banded plover

Weight
31.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
27.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the three-banded plover

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Three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris)
Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the three-banded plover live?

Not recorded

What is the three-banded plover?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The three-banded plover, or three-banded sandplover (Charadrius tricollaris, syn.: Thinornis tricollaris), is a small wader. This plover is resident and generally sedentary in much of East Africa, southern Africa and Madagascar. It occurs mainly on inland rivers, pools, lakes and pans, frequenting their exposed shores. This species is often seen as single individuals, but it will form small flocks. It hunts by sight for insects, worms and other invertebrates. Three-banded plovers have a sharp whistled weeet-weet call. Its larger and darker-plumaged sister species, Forbes's plover, replaces it in West Africa and in the moist tropics. The two species have largely allopatric breeding ranges. Both species present a distinctively elongated profile, due to their proportionally long tail and wings.

From the Wikipedia article “Three-banded plover” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Three-banded_plover&oldid=1372457469), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the three-banded plover endangered?

The three-banded plover is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  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 Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the three-banded plover classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyCharadriidae
  6. genusCharadrius
  7. SpeciesCharadrius tricollaris Vieillot, 1818

Synonyms Thinornis tricollaris

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • African three-banded ploverEnglish
  • Treble-banded ploverEnglish
  • DriebandstrandkiewietAfrikaans
  • corriol tricollar africàCatalan
  • kulík třípásýCzech
  • Trebåndet PræstekraveDanish
  • Dreiband-RegenpfeiferGerman
  • Dreibinden-RegenpfeiferGerman
  • Trizona pluvioEsperanto
  • tristria pluvioEsperanto
  • Chorlitejo tricollarSpanish
  • vöötpugu-tüllEstonian
  • kolmivyötylliFinnish
  • pluvier à triple collieFrench
  • Gravelot à triple collierFrench
  • Pluvier à triple collierFrench
  • חופמי תלת-צווארוןHebrew
  • troprugi kulikCroatian
  • szalagos lileHungarian
  • KragalóaIcelandic
  • Corriere dai tre collariItalian
  • ミスジチドリJapanese
  • tridryžis kirlikasLithuanian
  • trejkrāsu tārtiņšLatvian
  • driebandplevierDutch
  • hvitkransloNorwegian
  • sieweczka śniadaPolish
  • borrelho-de-três-golasPortuguese
  • Трёхполосый зуёкRussian
  • GierdobuvvedatNorthern Sami
  • kulík trojpásySlovak
  • trikomatni deževnikSlovenian
  • Troprugi žalarSerbian
  • trebandad strandpipareSwedish
  • Takkeli CılıbıtTurkish
  • пісочник білобровийUkrainian
  • 三斑鴴Chinese
  • 三色鸻Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the three-banded plover

Other species in the same genus Charadrius.

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Common questions

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How big is the three-banded plover?

An adult three-banded plover weighs 31.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the three-banded plover endangered?

The three-banded plover is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the three-banded plover?

The three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris) belongs to the family Charadriidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/three-banded-plover

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{three_banded_plover_2026,
  title = {Three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/three-banded-plover},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}