Anarhynchus [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus] (Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover)

Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover

Anarhynchus [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus 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:
48027F463C4274A9

Avibase ID:
avibase-48027F46

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/48027F46

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176510

English:
Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover
French:
Pluvier à collier interrompu, P. neigeux, P. à tête rousse, P. à front blanc ou P. de Java

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover ( Anarhynchus [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover ( Anarhynchus [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan Plover ( Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus])
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Charadrius alexandrinus [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Charadrius alexandrinus [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Charadrius alexandrinus [version 2]

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: Hvidbrystet Præstekrave
German: Rotband-Regenpfeifer
[DV]: Kiru Bondana
Greek: Θαλασσοσφυριχτής
Greek (Cypriot): Πλουμίδι
English: Kentish, Red-capped, Snowy, White-fronted or Javan 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: leetetüll
Basque: Txirritxo hankabeltza
Finnish: hietatylli
Faroese: Hvíthálsa
French: Pluvier à collier interrompu, Pluvier à collier interrompu, P. neigeux, P. à tête rousse, P. à front blanc ou P. de Java
Frisian: Dûkelmantsje
Irish: Feadóigín Chosdubh
Galician: Píllara das dunas
Guarani: Mbatuirusu
Hebrew: חופמי אלכסנדרי
Croatian: Morski Kulik
[HT]: 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, ruficapillus, marginatus or javanicus], Anarhynchus alexandrinus, Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus, ruficapillus, marginatus 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: Kaapse Plevier
Norwegian: Hvitbrystlo
Polish: sieweczka morska
Pinyin: bái-lǐng héng
Portuguese: Borrelho-de-coleira-interrompida
Romanian: Prundăraş de sărătură
[ROA]: Gravarel da riva
Russian: Морской зуёк
Slovak: Kulík morský
Slovenian: beloceli deževnik
Albanian: Vraponjësi gushëbardhë
Serbian: morski zujavac
Swedish: Sodasjöpipare
Swahili: Kitwitwi Ukosi-mwekundu
Tamil: Siriya Uppukkothi
Thai: นกหัวโตขาดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók hŭa-too kʰăa-dam
Turkish: Akça cılıbıt
Tuvinian: Далай кыдыынын сайжызы
Ukrainian: Морський зийок
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