Book description
This text presents the tundra plovers, comprising of the grey plover
and the Eurasian, Pacific, and American golden plovers. Breeding on
tundra or northern heaths and moorland, they migrate far south to
coastal mudflats, saltings and agricultural landscapes. The text
examines the taxonomy, appearance, behaviour, ecology and conservation
of golden and grey plovers, and compares and contrasts their natural
history and biogeography. It also gives accounts on all aspects of their
lifestyle including feeding, mating, parental care, moults, migration
and avoidance of predators.
