Anarhynchus [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus] (Kentish or Snowy Plover [excl. dealbatus])

Kentish or Snowy Plover [excl. dealbatus]

Anarhynchus [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus] (= 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:
9664D88CDBC8B571

Avibase ID:
avibase-9664D88C

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9664D88C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176510

English:
Kentish or Snowy Plover [excl. dealbatus]
French:
Pluvier à collier interrompu ou P. neigeux (excl. dealbatus)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Kentish or Snowy Plover [excl. dealbatus] ( Anarhynchus [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Kentish or Snowy Plover [excl. dealbatus] ( Charadrius [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Kentish or Snowy Plover [excl. dealbatus] ( Charadrius [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Kentish or Snowy Plover [excl. dealbatus] ( Anarhynchus [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Kentish or Snowy Plover (excl. dealbatus) ( Charadrius [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Kentish or Snowy Plover (excl. dealbatus) ( Charadrius [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Kentish or Snowy Plover (excl. dealbatus) ( Charadrius [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Kentish or Snowy Plover (excl. dealbatus) ( Charadrius [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Kentish or Snowy Plover [excl. dealbatus] ( Charadrius [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Kentish or Snowy Plover [excl. dealbatus] ( Charadrius [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Kentish or Snowy Plover [excl. dealbatus] ( Charadrius [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Anarhynchus [alexandrinus or nivosus]

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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
Divehi: Kiru Bondana
Greek: Θαλασσοσφυριχτής
Greek (Cypriot): Πλουμίδι
English: Kentish or Snowy Plover (excl. dealbatus), Kentish or Snowy Plover [excl. dealbatus]
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 ou P. neigeux (excl. dealbatus)
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 or nivosus, excl. dealbatus], Anarhynchus alexandrinus, Charadrius [alexandrinus or nivosus, excl. dealbatus], 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
Moldavian: Prundăraș de sărătură
Malay: Rapang Pantai
Maltese: Monakella Saqajha Suwed
Dutch: Kaapse Plevier
Norwegian: Hvitbrystlo
Polish: sieweczka morska
Pinyin: bái-lǐng héng
Portuguese: Borrelho-de-coleira-interrompida
Rhaeto-Romance: Gravarel da riva
Romanian: Prundăraş de sărătură
Romance (Other): 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