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    Charadrius is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century...
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    International Birdwatching Centre Eilat Media related to Charadrius mongolus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Charadrius mongolus at Wikispecies...
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    The killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a large plover found in the Americas. It gets its name from its shrill, two-syllable call, which is often heard...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charadrius leschenaultii. Wikispecies has information related to Charadrius leschenaultii. Greater sand plover -...
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    The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century...
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    related to Charadrius melodus. Wikispecies has information related to Charadrius melodus. Critical Habitat for Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) – US...
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    plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small plover that breeds across much of northern Eurasia, as well as Greenland. The genus name Charadrius is a Late...
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    recent immigration from mainland Africa, whereas the Madagascar plover (Charadrius thoracius) might have evolved from an earlier Kittlitz's plover population...
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    clade containing members of the genus Charadrius. The black-fronted dotterel was therefore moved back to Charadrius. The species is monotypic: no subspecies...
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    C. J. & J-F. Voisin (2012). "Charadrius wilsonia brasiliensis Grantsau & Lima, 2008, is a junior synonym of Charadrius crassirostris Spix, 1825". Bulletin...
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    "Species factsheet: Charadrius asiaticus". BirdLife International. Retrieved 2013-12-17. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charadrius asiaticus. Wikispecies...
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    The semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) is a small plover. Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century...
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    name Charadrius morinellus. The species was moved from Charadrius to the resurrected genus Eudromias when phylogenetic studies found that Charadrius was...
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    Naturae. He placed it with the plovers in the genus Charadrius and coined the binomial name Charadrius obscurus. Gmelin's description was based on the "Dusky...
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    are nested within Charadrius; the latter is therefore polyphyletic (is not a natural group, i.e., the most distantly related Charadrius species are more...
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    of the 'diminutive' Kentish Plover (Charadriidae: Charadrius) with the resurrection of Charadrius seebohmi based on phenotypic and genetic analyses"...
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    whistle. Both sexes are of the same size. In appearance it is typical of Charadrius plovers, except that unlike most, it has no band across the breast. The...
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     leucurus Binomial name Vanellus leucurus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) Synonyms Charadrius leucurus Lichtenstein, 1823 Chettusia leucura (Lichtenstein, 1823) Vanellochettusia...
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    Vanellus Species: V. armatus Binomial name Vanellus armatus (Burchell, 1822) Synonyms Anitibyx armatus (Burchell, 1822) Charadrius armatus Burchell, 1822...
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    Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553069-1 Media related to Charadrius ruficapillus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Charadrius ruficapillus at Wikispecies...
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    recognised: the nominate Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus, which breeds throughout New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands, and Charadrius bicinctus exilis,...
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    in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Charadrius malabaricus in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The type locality...
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    Tibetan sand plover as a full species. BirdLife International (2023). "Charadrius atrifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T230026276A154673176...
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    in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Charadrius tectus in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The black-headed lapwing...
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    Naturae. He placed it with the plovers in the genus Charadrius and coined the binomial name Charadrius spinosus. He specified the type locality as Egypt...
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    birds and try to stop their decline. BirdLife International (2016). "Charadrius sanctaehelenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693785A93423145...
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    (Compiled by: Fahad) Synonyms Chaetusia gregaria (unjustified emendation) Charadrius gregarius Pallas, 1771 Cheltusia gregaria (unjustified emendation) Chettusia...
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    being conspecific with Charadrius marginatus, Charadrius alexandrinus, Charadrius nivosus, Charadrius javanicus and Charadrius ruficapillus. Some authors...
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    Concern. Wikispecies has information related to Charadrius veredus. BirdLife International (2016). "Charadrius veredus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species...
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    of the chest. The flight call is a sharp metallic pip. Two sympatric Charadrius species are very similar: The snowy plover is similar in size and structure...
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