The white-faced plover is a small shorebird of the family Charadriidae. Initially described by British ornithologist Robert Swinhoe, the bird resembles the Kentish plover with which it has been much confused and sometimes considered to be a subspecies. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Swinhoe, R 1870)
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
1870, pt.1 p.138
Imprint year:
1870
Protonym:
AEgialites dealbatus
Type locality:
South coast of China, Formosa, Hainan.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90543#page/184/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
5E8E69CAC1443AA6
Avibase ID:
avibase-5E8E69CA
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5E8E69CA
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824546
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Kentish Plover (dealbatus) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Kentish Plover (dealbatus) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Kentish Plover (dealbatus) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Kentish Plover (dealbatus) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Kentish Plover (dealbatus) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Kentish Plover (dealbatus) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Kentish Plover (dealbatus) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Kentish Plover (dealbatus) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Kentish Plover (dealbatus) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Kentish Plover (dealbatus) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Kentish Plover (dealbatus) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2021: White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2022: White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2023: White-faced Plover ( Anarhynchus dealbatus) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2024: White-faced Plover ( Anarhynchus dealbatus) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2019: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Kentish Plover (White-faced) ( Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) [version 5] |
eBird version 2021: White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
eBird version 2022: White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
eBird version 2023: White-faced Plover ( Anarhynchus dealbatus) [version 3] |
eBird version 2024: White-faced Plover ( Anarhynchus dealbatus) [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: White-faced Plover ( Charadrius dealbatus) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: White-faced Plover ( Anarhynchus dealbatus) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: White-faced Plover ( Anarhynchus dealbatus) [version 3] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies
This taxon is a subspecies of
Anarhynchus alexandrinus [dealbatus or nihonensis]
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