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Greater Sand Plover
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species of bird
OverviewAI-generated
The Greater Sand Plover, scientifically known as *Charadrius leschenaultii*, is a species of bird within the family Charadriidae. It belongs to the order Charadriiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The species was described by Lesson in 1826 and is also referred to by the common names cwtiad tywod mawr, Wüstenregenpfeifer, and Chorlitejo mongol grande. Its wingspan measures 52 units, and it has a litter size of 3.
The taxon range for the Greater Sand Plover is listed as Africa. It inhabits marine environments. The species is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, a status assigned in 2019. The taxonomic name is accepted, and the species is not considered extinct.
Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, IUCN Red List, iNaturalist, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least Concerngreat sand-plover
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyCharadriidae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Charadrius
- Image
- Greater Sand Plover.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Charadrius leschenaultii
- taxon name
- Charadrius leschenaultii
- taxon common name
- Fandiafasikabe
- wingspan
- 52
- litter size
- 3
- short name
- C. leschenaultii
- taxon author citation
- Lesson, 1826
- taxon range
- Africa
- nomenclatural type of
- Charadrius
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Encyclopedic overview
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". The specific leschenaultii commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour. Like most other species in the genus Anarhynchus, it was until recently included in the genus Charadrius.
Distribution
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greater Sand Plover” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.