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White-fronted Plover

Anarhynchus marginatus Vieillot, LJP 1818

The white-fronted plover or white-fronted sandplover is a small shorebird of the family Charadriidae that inhabits sandy beaches, dunes, mudflats and the shores of rivers and lakes in sub-saharan Africa and Madagascar. It nests in small shallow scrapes in the ground and lays clutches of one to three eggs. The species is monogamous and long-lived, with a life expectancy of approximately 11 years. The vast majority of pairs that mate together stay together during the following years of breeding and retain the same territory. The white-fronted plover has a similar appearance to the Kentish plover, with a white fore crown and dark bands connecting the eyes to the bill. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Charadriidae
Genus:
   Anarhynchus
Scientific:
  Anarhynchus marginatus

Original description

Citation:
  Vieillot, LJP 1818

Reference:
   Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd. 27 p.138

Protonym:
  Charadrius marginatus

Type locality:
  No locality.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19425929

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  214B3533093D7B6B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-214B3533

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/214B3533

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176533

Geographic range:

  • Anarhynchus marginatus: coastal and inland sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal eastward to Somalia and southward through South Africa; also Madagascar and satellite islands
  • Anarhynchus marginatus marginatus: southern Angola to southwestern Cape Province
  • Anarhynchus marginatus [mechowi or hesperius]: Africa south of Sahara to northern Angola, Botswana, and Mozambique
  • Anarhynchus marginatus arenaceus: southern Mozambique to southern Cape Province
  • Anarhynchus marginatus tenellus: Madagascar
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
White-fronted Plover
Catalan:
Corriol de front blanc
Czech:
kulík proměnlivý
Danish:
Sandpræstekrave
German:
Weißstirn-Regenpfeifer
Spanish:
Chorlitejo Frentiblanco
Spanish (Spain):
Chorlitejo Frentiblanco
Finnish:
hietatylli
French:
Pluvier à front blanc
Croatian:
obalni kulik
Hungarian:
fehérhomlokú lile
Icelandic:
Barmlóa
Italian:
Corriere frontebianca
Japanese (romaji):
shirobitaichidori
Japanese:
シロビタイチドリ
Lithuanian:
Baltakaktis kirlikas
Dutch:
Vale Strandplevier
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Strandlo
Norwegian:
Strandlo
Polish:
sieweczka białoczelna
Portuguese:
borrelho-de-testa-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
borrelho-de-testa-branca
Russian:
Белолобый зуёк
Slovak:
kulík bieločelý
Serbian:
Belogrudi žalar
Swedish:
vitpannad strandpipare
Ukrainian:
Пісочник білолобий
Chinese:
白额沙鸻
Chinese (Traditional):
白額沙鴴

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pluvier à front blanc ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pluvier à front blanc ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus)
Clements, version 2021:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
Clements, version 2022:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
Clements, version 2023:
White-fronted Plover ( Anarhynchus marginatus) [version 3]
Clements, version 2024:
White-fronted Plover ( Anarhynchus marginatus) [version 3]
Clements 3rd edition:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 4]
Clements 4th edition:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 5]
eBird version 2021:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
eBird version 2022:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
eBird version 2023:
White-fronted Plover ( Anarhynchus marginatus) [version 3]
eBird version 2024:
White-fronted Plover ( Anarhynchus marginatus) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
White-fronted Sand Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
White-fronted Sand Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-fronted Plover ( Anarhynchus marginatus) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
White-fronted Plover ( Anarhynchus marginatus) [version 3]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
White-fronted Sandplover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 4]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-fronted Plover ( Charadrius marginatus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Charadrius marginatus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Charadrius marginatus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Anarhynchus [alexandrinus, nivosus, pallidus, marginatus or javanicus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Vaalstrandkiewiet
Azerbaijani: ağalın yağışcüllüt
Belarusian: Белалобы зуёк
Bulgarian: Белочел дъждосвирец
Bengali: ধরাক঩ার চজচযয়া
Bengali (transliteration): dhalākapāla jiriẏā*
Breton: Nouelig tal gwenn
Catalan: Corriol de front blanc
Czech: Kulík promenlivý, kulík proměnlivý
Welsh: Cwtiad bronwyn
Danish: Sandpræstekrave
German: Weißstirnregenpfeifer, Weißstirn-Regenpfeifer
Greek: Λευκομέτωπος σφυριχτής
English: White fronted Plover, Whitefronted Plover, White-fronted Plover, White-fronted Sand Plover, White-fronted Sandplover, White-fronted Sand-Plover
English, HBW: White-fronted Plover
English (IOC): White-fronted Plover
English (Kenya): White-fronted Plover
English (United States): White-fronted Plover
Esperanto: Blankfrunta pluvio
Spanish: Chorlitejo de Frente Blanca, Chorlitejo Frentiblanco
Spanish (Spain): Chorlitejo Frentiblanco
Spanish (HBW): White-fronted Plover
Estonian: leetetüll
Finnish: Hietatylli
French: Gravelot à front blanc, Pluvier à front blanc, Pluvier pâtre
French (Guyane): Gravelot à front blanc
Frisian: Feale wilster
Irish: Feadóigín bunbhán
Galician: Píllara de testa branca
Croatian: obalni kulik
Hungarian: fehérhomlokú lile
Icelandic: Barmlóa
Italian: Corriere frontebianca, Corriere marginato
Japanese (romaji): shirobitaichidori
Japanese: シロビタイチドリ
Scientific: Anarhynchus marginatus, Charadrius marginatus, Charadrius marginatus marginatus
Lithuanian: Baltakaktis kirlikas
Latvian: Baltpieres tārtiņš
Malagasy: Fandia fasika, Mondrita, Viky-viky, Vivitra
Dutch: Vale Strandplevier
Norwegian Nynorsk: Strandlo
Norwegian: Strandlo
Polish: sieweczka bialoczelna, sieweczka białoczelna
Portuguese: Borrelho de testa branca, Borrelho-de-testa-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): borrelho-de-testa-branca
Rhaeto-Romance: Gravarel dal frunt alv
Romanian: Prundăraş cu frunteă albă
Russian: Белолобый зуек, Белолобый зуёк
Northern Sami: Muohtabuvvedat
Slovak: kulík bieločelý
Serbian: Belogrudi žalar
Swedish: Vitpannad strandpipare
Swahili: Kitwitwi Paji-jeupe
Turkish: Ak alınlı cılıbıt
Ukrainian: Пісочник білолобий
Xhosa: Unocegceya
Chinese: 白额沙鸻
Chinese (Traditional): 白額沙鴴

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