Plovers (Charadriidae)
Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus) - HBW 3, p. 438
French: Pluvier asiatique
German: Wermutregenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlitejo asiático Chico
Other common names: Caspian Sandplover, Lesser Oriental Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773, salt-lakes of the South Tartar Steppes.
Sometimes placed in genus Eupoda. Forms superspecies with C. veredus, and possibly with C. montanus; formerly treated as conspecific with C. veredus. Monotypic.
Distribution: W, N & E Caspian Sea E to L Alakol and L Zaysan, E Kazakhstan, and extreme NW Xinjiang, NW China. Winters in E & S Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in non-breeding plumage standing in long vegetation Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 13 January 2007 4 years ago 22 sec 2.8 -
A bird walking on the ground Locality Thumamah, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 1992 6 years ago 27 sec 2.7 -
A bird walking on the ground Locality Saudi Arabia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 1992 6 years ago 28 sec 2.4
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male at a salt pond during spring migration
Locality Salt Ponds Km 20, Eilat, Israel
Lior Kislev 3 May 2007 1 year ago 4.5 -
Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
Locality Gujarat, India
deomurari 20 November 2008 2 years ago 3.9 -
Poor quality record photograph only
Locality Abu Nakhla Ponds, Doha, Qatar
John A Thompson 18 September 2009 1 year ago 3.3 -
A breeding male standing in the steppe.
Locality Buzachi Peninsula, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 8 May 2009 2 years ago 2
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