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Greater sand plover
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The greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is often given as "greater sandplover" or "greater sand-plover", but the official IOC and British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "Greater Sand Plover".[2][3] The specific leschenaultii commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.[4] Like most other species in the genus Anarhynchus, it was until recently included in the genus Charadrius.[2]
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Greater sand plover | |
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Nominate A. l. leschenaultii in breeding plumage; a vagrant in Northumberland, UK | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Charadriidae |
Genus: | Anarhynchus |
Species: | A. leschenaultii |
Binomial name | |
Anarhynchus leschenaultii (Lesson, 1826) | |
Synonyms | |
Charadrius leschenaultii (protonym) |
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