mountainploverhabitat

Habitat Requirements. Mountain Plovers are generally found in open, flat, dry tablelands with low, sparse vegetation. · Food Habits. An opportunistic forager, ...

Nesting on high, dry plains of western North America, this species is a companion of classic prairie wildlife like bison, pronghorn, and prairie dogs. Sadly, ...

Habitat. Grasslands. Mountain Plovers nest in shortgrass prairie, especially where blue grama, buffalo grass, and western wheat grass are dominant; ...

Semi-arid plains, grasslands, plateaus. Favors areas of very short grass, even bare soil. Typically far from water. Nests mostly in short-grass prairie, ...

Historically, the Mountain Plover ranged throughout the Great Plains and southwestern United States in short-grass prairie habitat dominated by herbivores such.