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[[Image:Mongolian_Plover.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Akiko+Hidaka|Akiko Hidaka}} <br /> Tokyo, [[Japan]], August]]
 
[[Image:Mongolian_Plover.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Akiko+Hidaka|Akiko Hidaka}} <br /> Tokyo, [[Japan]], August]]
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'''Alternative name: Mongolian Plover'''
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'''Alternative name: Siberian Plover. The name Mongolian Plover was sometimes used for what became this species but also sometimes for other combinations of subspecies.'''
  
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'''Includes: Tibetan Plover, Siberian Plover, Mongolian Plover'''
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;[[Category:Anarhynchus]] [[:Category:Anarhynchus|Anarhynchus]] mongolus
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;[[:Category:Charadrius|Charadrius]] mongolus
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''Charadrius mongolus''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
[[Image:Gravelot mongol 070507-3240.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Breeding plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Francksan|Francksan}}<br />Hokkaido, [[Japan]], May 2007 ]]
 
[[Image:Gravelot mongol 070507-3240.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Breeding plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Francksan|Francksan}}<br />Hokkaido, [[Japan]], May 2007 ]]
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Breeds in northern [[Asia]]. Winters in south [[Asia]], [[Africa]] and [[Australia]].<br />
 
Breeds in northern [[Asia]]. Winters in south [[Asia]], [[Africa]] and [[Australia]].<br />
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Vagrants have been recorded in [[Europe]], [[America]], and [[South America]].
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Vagrants have been recorded in [[Europe]], [[North America]], and [[South America]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Consistent differences between races lead some authorities to split subspecies into 2 species: "Mongolian Plover" or "Siberian Plover", ''C. mongolus'' including ''mongolus'' and ''stegmanni'' (larger eastern forms), and "Lesser Sand plover" (strict sense ) or "Tibetan Plover", ''C. atrifrons'' including ''atrifrons'', ''pamirensis'' and ''schaeferi''.
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This species and [[Tibetan Sand Plover]] were formerly lumped under the name of Lesser Sand Plover (sometimes instead named Mongolian (Sand) Plover).  
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====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
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[[Image:lesser_sand_plover.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Ssp. ''C. m. atrifrons'' : Breeding plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Nazafgarh Marshes, Delhi-Gurgaon Border, [[India]], May-2017]]
 
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[[Image:lesser_sand_plover_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Ssp. ''C. m. pamirensis'' : Non-breeding plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Jamnagar, Coastal Gujarat, [[India]], Jan-2016]]
 
 
Clements recognises the following subspecies [[#References|[1]]]:  
 
Clements recognises the following subspecies [[#References|[1]]]:  
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*''C. m. pamirensis'': "'''Lesser Sandplover''' (strict sense)". Pamirs to western [[China]] (western Xinjiang); winters to [[Africa]] and western [[India]]
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*''A. m. mongolus'': Eastern [[Siberia]] and [[Russia|Russian Far East]]; winters [[Taiwan]] to [[Australia]]
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*''C. m. atrifrons'' "'''Lesser Sandplover''' (strict sense)". [[Himalayas]] and southern [[Tibet]]: winters from [[India]] to [[Sumatra]]
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*''A. m. stegmanni'': Kamchatka to Chukotsk Peninsula; winters to [[Australia]]
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*''C. m. schaeferi'': "'''Lesser Sandplover''' (strict sense)". Eastern [[Tibet]] to southern [[Mongolia]]; winters [[Thailand]] to [[Greater Sundas]]
 
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*''C. m. mongolus'': "'''Mongolian Plover'''". Eastern [[Siberia]] and [[Russia|Russian Far East]]; winters [[Taiwan]] to [[Australia]]
 
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*''C. m. stegmanni'': "'''Mongolian Plover'''". Kamchatka to Chukotsk Peninsula; winters to [[Australia]]
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Coastal shores, mudflats and fields
 
Coastal shores, mudflats and fields
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'''Flight call''': A hard trill.
 
'''Flight call''': A hard trill.
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct23}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V14.1}}#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
 
#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=151101 Thread] in Birdforum Id forum discussing Lesser vs Greater Sand Plover identification
 
#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=151101 Thread] in Birdforum Id forum discussing Lesser vs Greater Sand Plover identification
 
#Wiersma, P., Kirwan, G.M., Christie, D.A. & Boesman, P. (2020). Lesser Sandplover (Charadrius mongolus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/53845 on 3 March 2020)
 
#Wiersma, P., Kirwan, G.M., Christie, D.A. & Boesman, P. (2020). Lesser Sandplover (Charadrius mongolus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/53845 on 3 March 2020)
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Charadrius mongolus" {{!}} "Lesser Sand Plover"}}  
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{{GSearch|"Anarhynchus mongolus" {{!}} "Charadrius mongolus" {{!}} "Siberian Sand Plover"}}  
 
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Revision as of 16:10, 29 December 2023

Photo © by Akiko Hidaka
Tokyo, Japan, August

Alternative name: Siberian Plover. The name Mongolian Plover was sometimes used for what became this species but also sometimes for other combinations of subspecies.

Anarhynchus mongolus

Charadrius mongolus

Identification

Breeding plumage
Photo © by Francksan
Hokkaido, Japan, May 2007

18–21 cm (7-8¼ in)

  • back brownish grey
  • underparts white
  • legs dark
  • bill black

Breeding

  • breast, forehead and nape chestnut
  • eye mask black

The female is similar but duller
Winter and juvenile birds lack the chestnut

The two groups mentioned under taxonomy differ in several characters, such that a member of the mongolus group on average are larger than an atrifrons sand plover, and mongolus have mottled flanks where atrifrons have clean white flanks.

Similar Species

Photo © by Ken Doy
Wellington Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, March 2020

Greater Sand Plover

Distribution

Breeds in northern Asia. Winters in south Asia, Africa and Australia.
Vagrants have been recorded in Europe, North America, and South America.

Taxonomy

This species and Tibetan Sand Plover were formerly lumped under the name of Lesser Sand Plover (sometimes instead named Mongolian (Sand) Plover).

Subspecies

Clements recognises the following subspecies [1]:

Habitat

Coastal shores, mudflats and fields

Behaviour

Breeding

They nest in a bare ground scrape; the clutch consists of 3 eggs.

Diet

Their varied diet includes insects, crustaceans, such as crabs and molluscs and annelid worms on their non-breeding grounds. What they eat during the breeding season is not well recorded.

Vocalisation

Flight call: A hard trill.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
  4. Thread in Birdforum Id forum discussing Lesser vs Greater Sand Plover identification
  5. Wiersma, P., Kirwan, G.M., Christie, D.A. & Boesman, P. (2020). Lesser Sandplover (Charadrius mongolus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/53845 on 3 March 2020)

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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