The Story
This Collared Plover (Anarhynchus collaris) was at Reserva Natural El Encanto de Guanapalo in Casanare, Colombia when I photographed it. The Collared Plover lives along coasts and riverbanks from central Mexico south to Chile and Argentina. It uses sandy coasts, estuary mud, inland riverbanks and open sandy savannas. It feeds on insects and other invertebrates with a run-and-pause technique. The Guanapalo River is a tributary of the Meta, and with the Pauto it drains a basin of about 2,100 square kilometers, mostly in San Luis de Palenque. IUCN lists the Collared Plover as Least Concern, with a decreasing population.
I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100. El Encanto de Guanapalo pays for its conservation through traditional cattle ranching, ecotourism and carbon credits, using the Cataruben Foundation’s Co2Bio model.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Collared Plover (Anarhynchus collaris) belongs to the family Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2020), with the population trend listed as decreasing (listed by IUCN as Charadrius collaris). Source: IUCN Red List