Plovers (Charadriidae)
Greater Sandplover (Charadrius leschenaultii) - HBW 3, p. 437
French: Pluvier de Leschenault
German: Wüstenregenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlitejo Mongol Grande
Other common names: Great/Large/Large-billed/Geoffroy's (Sand) Plover/Dotterel
Taxonomy: Charadrius Leschenaultii Lesson, 1826, Pondicherry, India.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- columbinus Wagler, 1829 - Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and S Afghanistan; winters Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and SE Mediterranean.
- crassirostris (Severtsov, 1873) - Transcaspia to SE Kazakhstan; winters in E & SE Africa.
- leschenaultii Lesson, 1826 - W China (Dzungaria), S Mongolia (N Gobi Desert), S Siberia (Tuvinskaya) and Altai Mts; winters Australasia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird performing a broken-wing distraction display. Locality Kendirli-Kayasan plateau, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (ssp crassirostris)
Christophe Gouraud 21 April 2009 2 years ago 45 sec 4 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage foraging on the mud Locality Cairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp leschenaultii)
Keith Blomerley 10 November 2003 4 years ago 24 sec 3.9 -
one bird looking for food Locality Batenburg, Gelderland Province, Netherlands
Daniêl Jimenez 1 May 2011 50 weeks ago 1 min 19 sec 3.8 -
Bird performing a broken-wing distraction display. Locality Kendirli-Kayasan plateau, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (ssp crassirostris)
Christophe Gouraud 19 April 2009 2 years ago 40 sec 3.8 -
one bird walking Locality Batenburg, Gelderland Province, Netherlands
Daniêl Jimenez 1 May 2011 1 year ago 44 sec 3.7 -
Bird performing a broken-wing distraction display and coming back to its nest, seating on the eggs. Locality Kendirli-Kayasan plateau, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (ssp crassirostris)
Christophe Gouraud 24 April 2009 2 years ago 1 min 10 sec 3.6
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in flight
Locality Ma'agan Michael, Israel
Lior Kislev 23 September 2011 32 weeks ago 4.4 -
Adult bird in winter plumage.
Locality Al Batinah, Oman
Fran Trabalon 6 January 2010 33 weeks ago 4.4 -
Juvenile running along water edge.
Locality Gobustan National Park, Baku Rayon, Azerbaijan (ssp crassirostris)
Kristof Zyskowski 18 July 2010 41 weeks ago 4.4 -
standing at a salt pond
Locality Eilat, Israel
Lior Kislev 7 May 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
Plover on the rocky beach.
Locality Oman
Zotyesz 18 February 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
in a flock mixed with sanderling, curlew sandpiper and kentish plover
Locality Congo River mouth, Diani Beach, Kenya
Marco Valentini 7 February 2012 13 weeks ago 4
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