Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Oreopholus ruficollis
Chorlo de campo, Tawny-throated Dotterel
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Oreopholus
Species
ruficollis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: A recorded in 1991 by R. Harshaw and B. Leigh (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001 in Wiedenfeld 2006).
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Ridgely, R.S. Greenfield, P.J. (2001) The Birds of Ecuador. Field guide. Cornell University Press. New York, USA. Vol. 1.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Oreopholus ruficollis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5134. Accessed 1 November 2026.