Anarhynchus [alexandrinus, nivosus or javanicus] (Kentish, Snowy or Javan Plover)

Kentish, Snowy or Javan Plover

Anarhynchus [alexandrinus, nivosus or javanicus] (= Anarhynchus alexandrinus) Linnaeus, C 1758

The Kentish plover is a small cosmopolitan shorebird of the family Charadriidae that breeds on the shores of saline lakes, lagoons, and coasts, populating sand dunes, marshes, semi-arid desert, and tundra. Both male and female birds have pale plumages with a white underside, grey/brown back, dark legs and a dark bill, however additionally the male birds also exhibit very dark incomplete breast bands, and dark markings either side of their head, therefore the Kentish plover is regarded as sexually dimorphic Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Charadriidae
Genus:
   Anarhynchus
Scientific:
  Anarhynchus alexandrinus

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.150

Protonym:
Charadrius alexandrinus

Type locality:
Egypt, ex Hasselquist.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/169/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
264A3EC9825E583B

Avibase ID:
avibase-264A3EC9

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/264A3EC9

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176510

English:
Kentish, Snowy or Javan Plover
French:
Pluvier à collier interrompu, P. neigeux ou P. de Java

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Kentish, Snowy or Javan Plover ( Anarhynchus [alexandrinus, nivosus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Kentish, Snowy or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Kentish, Snowy or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Kentish, Snowy or Javan Plover ( Anarhynchus [alexandrinus, nivosus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Kentish, Snowy or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Kentish, Snowy or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Kentish, Snowy or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus or javanicus])
Clements 1st edition: Snowy Plover ( Charadrius alexandrinus)
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Snowy Plover ( Charadrius alexandrinus) [version 4]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Anarhynchus [alexandrinus, nivosus, pallidus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus]

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Afrikaans: Bleekstrandkiewiet
Arabic: الزقزاق الاسكندراني
Asturian: Mazaricu Pataprieta
Azerbaijani: Dəniz bozca
Bulgarian: Морски дъждосвирец
Bengali: কেন্টিশ জিরিয়া
Breton: An nouelig pikous
Catalan: Corriol camanegre
Catalan (Balears): Picaplatges camanegre
Czech: kulík krotký
Welsh: Cwtiad Caint
Danish: Sandpræstekrave
German: Seeregenpfeifer
Divehi: Kiru Bondana
Greek: Θαλασσοσφυριχτής
Greek (Cypriot): Πλουμίδι
English: Kentish, Snowy or Javan Plover, Snowy Plover
Esperanto: marborda pluvio
Spanish: Chorlitejo Frentiblanco
Spanish (Chile): Chorlo nevado
Spanish (Colombia): Chorlitejo Patinegro
Spanish (Costa Rica): Chorlitejo patinegro
Spanish (Cuba): Frailecillo Blanco
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Playero Corredor
Spanish (Honduras): Playero nevado
Spanish (Mexico): Chorlito alejandrino
Spanish (Paraguay): Chorlito blanco
Spanish (Venezuela): Frailecito
Estonian: järvetüll
Basque: Txirritxo hankabeltza
Finnish: hietatylli
Faroese: Hvíthálsa
French: Pluvier à collier interrompu, Pluvier à collier interrompu, P. neigeux ou P. de Java
Frisian: Dûkelmantsje
Irish: Feadóigín Chosdubh
Galician: Píllara das dunas
Guarani: Mbatuirusu
Hebrew: חופמי אלכסנדרי
Croatian: Morski Kulik
Haitian Creole: Ti Plivye blanch
Hungarian: Széki lile
Armenian: Ծովային Քարադր
Indonesian: Cerek Tilil
Icelandic: Strandlóa
Italian: Corriere bandacastana
Japanese (romaji): kuriobichidori
Japanese: クリオビチドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 白千鳥
Georgian: ზღვის წინტალა
Kazakh: Тењіз шүрілдек торғайы
Kazakh (Transliteration): teñiz şürildek torğayı
Korean: 흰물떼새
Korean (Transliteration): huin-mul-tte-sae
Scientific: Anarhynchus [alexandrinus, nivosus or javanicus], Anarhynchus alexandrinus, Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus or javanicus], Charadrius alexandrinus, Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus
Luxembourgish: Mierwakeleefer
Lithuanian: Juodakojis kirlikas
Latvian: Jūras tārtiņš
Macedonian: Морски пескар
Malayalam: ചെറുമണല്‍ക്കോഴി
Mongolian: Тэнгисийн хиазат
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠲᠡᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠢᠵᠠᠲᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠲᠡᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠢᠵᠠᠲᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Цагаан хүзүүт алаг тонгор
Mongolian (Transliteration): tengisiŋ khiazat
Malay: Rapang Pantai
Maltese: Monakella Saqajha Suwed
Dutch: Vale Strandplevier
Norwegian: Hvitbrystlo
Polish: sieweczka morska
Pinyin: bái-lǐng héng
Portuguese: Borrelho-de-coleira-interrompida
Romanian: Prundăraş de sărătură
Romance (Other): gravarel da riva
Russian: Краснополосый зуек
Slovak: Kulík morský
Slovenian: beloceli deževnik
Albanian: Vraponjësi gushëbardhë
Serbian: morski zujavac
Swedish: Svartbent strandpipare
Swahili: Kitwitwi Ukosi-mwekundu
Tamil: Siriya Uppukkothi
Thai: นกหัวโตขาดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók hŭa-too kʰăa-dam
Turkish: Akça cılıbıt
Tuvinian: Далай кыдыынын сайжызы
Ukrainian: Пісочник морський
Vietnamese: Choi choi khoang cổ
Chinese: 环颈鸻
Chinese (Traditional): 環頸鴴
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 東方環頸鴴
Chinese (Taiwan): 東方環頸鴴