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The Forbes’s Plover or Forbes’s Banded Plover (Charadrius forbesi) is a small wader. This plover is resident in much of west Africa, mainly on inland rivers, pools and lakes. Its nest is a scrape lined with small pebbles in rocky uplands. After breeding in the wet season, this bird moves to open grasslands, including airfields and golf courses, in the dry season. It is sometimes seen at pools or reservoirs. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Charadriidae
Genus:
Charadrius
Scientific:
Charadrius forbesi
Citation:
(Shelley, 1883)
Reference:
Ibis p.560 pl.14
Protonym:
AEgialitis forbesi
Avibase ID:
4EBB9A284B6C1015
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4EBB9A28
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176531
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Pluvier de Forbes ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pluvier de Forbes ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Forbe's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Forbes' Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Forbes' Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Charadrius tricollaris forbesi [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (original): Charadrius tricollaris forbesi [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Charadrius tricollaris forbesi [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Forbes's Plover ( Charadrius forbesi) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Charadrius forbesi [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Charadrius forbesi [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Charadrius [tricollaris or forbesi]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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