THEY PRINCIPALLY FEED FROM PLANTS AND SEEDS. THEY OCCASIONALLY FEED FROM AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES.
HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION
THEY HABIT IN THE TUNDRA DURING THE SUMMER AND DURING THE WINTER IN MOIST SOILS, COSTAL LAGOONS AND IN PLACES WHERE AGRICULTURAL ZONES OF SEEDS EXIST. IT NESTS IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA IN THE EAST SIDE OF LIBERIA. THEY MIGRATE ALL THE WAY TO CENTRAL AMERICA DURING THE WINTER SEASON.
MIGRATION
THE MIGRATION OF THESE BIRDS STARTS FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER IN THE WINTER SEASON AND IN THE SPRING THEY GO BACK BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH (BELLROSE, 1976) (GOUGH, 1998).
