mountainploverhabitat

The Mountain plover is a medium-sized ground bird. Unlike most plovers, it is usually not found near bodies of water or even on wet soil; it prefers dry habitat ...

Primary habitat use in Montana during the breeding season includes heavily grazed, shortgrass prairie sites. Habitat in Phillips and Blaine counties, the area ...

2021年10月12日 — Ideal Habitat. Despite the name, mountain plovers breed in shortgrass prairie where the land is fairly flat or gently sloped, <12%. They favor ...

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, ...

Nests in shortgrass prairies and in high, open, semidesert habitats (up to nearly 11,000 feet elevation) in western North America. Sometimes nests in fallow or ...

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

Its breeding range is in the western Great Plains, from extreme southeastern Alberta and possibly southwestern. Saskatchewan, south through Montana, Wyoming, ...