Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Craniata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Anarhynchus
Species: montanus
Mountain Plover - Anarhynchus montanus
385550
Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) is a medium-sized (21-23 cm) shorebird that breeds in the Rocky Mountain region and winters near the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. They inhabit the open shortgrass prairie and are associated with prairie dog (Cynomys spp.) towns and other areas of short vegetation suitable for breeding. The decline of the native prairie ecosystem has caused population declines.
Status
Global Rank: G3
State Rank: S2
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| State Rank:
S2
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Rank Changed:
02/03/2005
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| Rank Reviewed:
02/03/2005
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| Reason:
N/A
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| Ecological Factors |
| Specificity:
N/A
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Range Extent:
N/A
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| Occurences:
N/A
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Population Size:
N/A
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| Area of Occupancy:
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Threat Summary:
N/A
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State Status:
Federal Status:
USFS Status:
BLM Status: Sensitive
SWAP Status: SGCN
NMRP Strategy Status:
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 119
Number of Mapped Locations: 281
Number of Observations: 377
Observation date range: 05-10-1933
to 03-28-2022
External Links
Year
1976
Citation Tolle, D. 1976. A westward extension in the breeding range of the Mountain plover. The Wilson Bulletin 88(2): 358-359. June 1976.
Reference Code
A76TOL01NMUS
Year
1981
Citation Johnson, T.B. and R.B. Spicer. 1981. Mountain plovers on the New Mexico-Arizona border. Continental Birdlife 2(3): 69-73. June 1981.
Reference Code
A81JOH01NMUS
Year
1985
Citation Craig, T.H., E.H. Craig, and E. Steele. 1985. Recent nesting and sight records of Mountain plovers in northwestern New Mexico. Southwest. Nat. 30(3): 451-452.
Reference Code
A85CRA01NMUS
Year
2004
Citation Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2003. El Malpais mountain plover locations. . 3 p.
Reference Code
D04HAW02NMUS
Year
2000
Citation Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2000. Annual report of Mountain Plover surveys for the Albuquerque Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management. 102 p.
Reference Code
U00HAW02NMUS
Year
2001
Citation Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2001. Mountain plover surveys in the North Unit Allotment of the Taos Resource Area. . 32 p.
Reference Code
U01HAW01NMUS
Year
2002
Citation Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2002. Mountain Plover surveys for the Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque Field Office, Annual Report. 13 p.
Reference Code
U02HAW01NMUS
Year
2003
Citation Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2003. Mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) surveys for the Bureau of Land Management's Albuquerque Field Office Annual Report. Hawks Aloft, Inc. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Submitted to: Pamela Herrera-Olivas, Bureau of Land Management, Al
Reference Code
U03HAW01NMUS
Year
2003
Citation Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2003. Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) surveys in the North Unit Allotment of the Taos Resource Area, 2003. Hawks Aloft, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico. Submitted to: Valierie Williams, Bureau of Land Management, Taos Field Office, T
Reference Code
U03HAW02NMUS
Year
2004
Citation Pierce, L. 2004. Email field note for mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) near Santo Domingo Pueblo. . 1 p.
Reference Code
U04PIE01NMUS
Year
2005
Citation Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2005. Mountain Plover observations in 2005 at El Malpais National Conservation Area, New Mexico. 14 p.
Reference Code
U05HAW01NMUS
Year
2006
Citation Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2006. Mountain Plover, Burrowing Owl, and prairie dog observations at El Malpais National Conservation Area, New Mexico.
Reference Code
U06HAW03NMUS
Year
2007
Citation Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2007. Mountain Plover, Burrowing Owl, and prairie dog observations at El Malpais National Conservation Area, New Mexico.
Reference Code
U07HAW02NMUS
Year
2010
Citation Johnson, K., T. Neville, D. Mikesic, and D. Talayumptewa. 2010. Distributional analysis of Gunnison's Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) on the Navajo Nation and Reservation of the Hopi Tribe. Natural Heritage New Mexico Publ. No. 10-GTR-357. Natural Heritag
Reference Code
U10JOH03NMUS
Year
2013
Citation Marron and Associates. 2013. Biological evaluation of proposed Ojo Encino Humate Mine. Prepared for Broken Pick Proprietary, LLC.
Reference Code
U13MAR02NMUS
Year
2016
Citation Petersen, N., K. Johnson, and J. Smith. 2016. New Mexico Gunnison's prairie dog survey. Natural Heritage New Mexico, Biology Department, University of New Mexico.
Reference Code
U16PET01NMUS
Year
1984
Citation Bock, C.E. et al. 1984. Bird, lagomorph, and rodent populations of semiarid rangelands in the Rio Puerco Basin of New Mexico. USFS Cooperative Agreement No. 28-C2-218. Appleton, Whittell Research Ranch, National Audubon Society and University of Colorado.
Reference Code
U84BOC01NMUS
Year
1996
Citation Sager, L. 1996. A 1995 survey of Mountain Plovers (Charadrius montanus) in New Mexico. Unpubl. report to NM Dept. of Game and Fish. Includes margin notes with errata. 59 p.
Reference Code
U96SAG01NMUS
Year
1996
Citation Sandell, Catherine I. 1996. Cover letter with amended printout from her database of bird sightings for 1992-1995. January 1996.
Reference Code
U96SAN01NMUS
Year
1999
Citation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. 1999. Specimen information from the University of California at Berkeley (MVZ) for birds. 5 p.
Reference Code
U99MVZ01NMUS
