Classification

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

Geographic range:

• Anarhynchus alexandrinus alexandrinus: breeds western Palearctic to eastern China, southern Japan including Ryukyu Islands; winters to Africa, southern Asia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Borneo
• Anarhynchus alexandrinus dealbatus: breeds coastal southeastern China; also Vietnam (1 nest); winters to coastal southern Vietnam, southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and eastern Sumatra
• Anarhynchus alexandrinus nihonensis: breeds coasts of far southeastern Russia, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, northern Japan, and perhaps northeastern China; nonbreeding range unknown
• Anarhynchus alexandrinus seebohmi: southeastern India and Sri Lanka
• Anarhynchus nivosus: breeds coastal Washington to central Baja California; inland Saskatchewan (irregular; south-central Canada) to California and central Oklahoma and Texas; coastal Gulf of Mexico to Yucatán Peninsula; inland central Mexico; southern and central Bahamas to Virgin Islands; and Peru to south-central Chile; winters to coastal northern Central America
• Anarhynchus nivosus nivosus: USA to Mexico and West Indies; winters to Panama
• Anarhynchus nivosus occidentalis: coastal Peru to south-central Chile
• 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
• Anarhynchus ruficapillus: Australia (except arid areas) including Tasmania
• Anarhynchus javanicus: coastal lowlands of Java, Bali, and Kangean Islands
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