Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Charadrius [alexandrinus, nivosus or pallidus]

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4  5 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Bleekstrandkiewiet
Arabic: الزقزاق الاسكندراني
Asturian: Mazaricu Pataprieta
Azerbaijani: Dəniz bozca
Bulgarian: Морски дъждосвирец
Bengali: কেন্টিশ জিরিয়া
Breton: An nouelig pikous
Catalan: Corriol camanegre, Picaplatges camanegre
Catalan (Balears): Picaplatges camanegre
Czech: kulík moøský, Kulík morský, Kulík mořský
Welsh: Cornicyll Caint, Cwtiad Caint
Danish: Hvidbrystet præstekrave, Hvidbrystet Præstekrave/Snepræstekrave
German: Schneeregenpfeifer, See-/Schneeregenpfeifer, Seeregenpfeifer
Maldivian: Kiru Bondana
Greek: Θαλασσοσφυριχτής
Greek (Cypriot): Πλουμίδι
English: Kentish or Snowy Plover, Kentish Plover, Kentish Sand-Plover, Kentish/Snowy Plover, Snowy Plover, Snowy Sand-Plover, Snowy/Kentish Plover, White-faced plover
English, HBW: Kentish/Snowy Plover
English (IOC): Kentish/Snowy Plover
English (United States): Kentish/Snowy Plover
Esperanto: marborda pluvio
Spanish: Chorlitejo de Patas Negras, Chorlitejo Patinegro, Chorlitejo Patinegro/Nivoso, Chorlito alejandrino, Chorlito blanco, Chorlito Níveo, Chorlo Nevado, Frailecillo Blanco, Kentish Plover, Playero, Playero Blanco, Playero Corredor, Playero nevado
Spanish (Chile): Chorlo nevado
Spanish (Colombia): Chorlitejo Patinegro
Spanish (Costa Rica): Chorlitejo patinegro
Spanish (Cuba): Frailecillo Blanco
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Playero, Playero Corredor
Spanish (Spain): Chorlitejo Patinegro/Nivoso
Spanish (HBW): Kentish/Snowy Plover
Spanish (Honduras): Playero nevado
Spanish (Mexico): Chorlito alejandrino, Chorlito Níveo, chorlo nevado
Spanish (Paraguay): Chorlito blanco
Spanish (Venezuela): Frailecito
Estonian: Meritüll
Basque: Corriol camanegre, Txirritxo hankabeltz, Txirritxo hankabeltza
Finnish: Mustajalkatylli
Faroese: Hvíthálsa
French: Gravelot à collier interrompu, Gravelot pattenoire, Pluvier à collier interrompu, Pluvier à collier interrompu ou P. neigeux, Pluvier neigeux
French (Guyane): Gravelot à collier interrompu ou G. neigeux
French (Guadeloupe): Gravelot à collier interrompu ou Gravelot neigeux
Frisian: Dûkelmantsje
Irish: Feadóigín Chosdubh
Galician: Píllara das dunas
Guarani: Mbatuirusu
Haitian Creole French: Ti Plivye blanch
Hebrew: חופמי אלכסנדר, חופמי אלכסנדרי
Croatian: Morski Kulik
Hungarian: Széki lile, Széki lile/[Charadrius nivosus]
Armenian: [Tsovain Karadr ], Ծովային Քարադր
Indonesian: Burung Cerek Tilil, Cerek Tilil
Icelandic: Strandlóa
Italian: Fratino
Japanese (romaji): shiro chi-dori, shirochidori, Shiro-chidori, shirochidori/yukichidori
Japanese: シロチドリ, シロチドリ/ユキチドリ
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: Aegialites dealbatus, Aegialitis nivosa, Anarhynchus nivosus/alexandrinus, C. a. alexandrinus, C. a. dealbeatus, Charadrius [alexandrinus or nivosus], Charadrius alexandrinus, Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus, Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus, Charadrius alexandrinus/nivosus, Charadrius nivosus, Charadrius nivosus nivosus
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, Цагаан хүзүүт тонгор
Mongolian (Transliteration): tengisiŋ khiazat, tsagaaŋ khüzüüt alag toŋgor, tsagaaŋ khüzüüt toŋgor
Malay: Burung Rapang Pantai, Rapang Pantai
Maltese: Monakella Saqajha Suwed, Monakella Zghira
Dutch: Strand plevier, Strandplevier, Strandplevier/Amerikaanse Strandplevier
Norwegian: Hvitbrystlo, hvitbrystlo/snølo, Jæderlo
Polish: sieweczka morska, sieweczka morska/jasna
Pinyin: bái zhuó huán, bái-lǐng héng, dōngfāng huán-jǐng héng, huán-jǐng héng
Portuguese: borrelho de coleira interrompida, Borrelho- de-coleira- interrompida, Borrelho-de-coleira-interrompida
Portuguese (Madeira): Rolinha-da-praia/Borrelho-nevoso, Rolinha-da-praia/Borrelho-nivoso
Portuguese (Portugal): Borrelho-de-coleira-interrompida/Borrelho-de-coleira-interrompida-americano, borrelho-de-coleira-interrompida/borrelho-nevoso
Romansh: Gravarel da riva
Romanian: Prundăraş de sărătură
Russian: Morskoy Zuyok, Зуек морской, Морской зуек, Морской зуёк, Морской/Бледный зуёк
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Kenti Oleviya
Slovak: Kulâk morský, Kulík morský, kulík morský/snežný
Slovenian: beloceli deževnik, beločeli deževnik
Albanian: Vraponjësi gushëbardhë
Serbian: Morski blataric, Morski žalar, Morski žalar (blataric), morski zujavac, Morski/snežni žalar, Морски блатарић, Морски жалар
Swedish: Svartbent strandpipare, svartbent strandpipare/snöstrandpipare
Swahili: Kitwitwi Ukosi-mwekundu
Tamil: Siriya Uppukkothi
Thai: นกหัวโตขาดำ, นกหัวโตหน้าขาว
Thai (Transliteration): nók hŭa-too kʰăa-dam, nók hŭa-too nâa-kʰăaw
Turkish: Akça cılıbıt, akça cylybyt, Akça/karlı cılıbıt, Kesik-Kolyeli Yağmur Kuşu, Теңіз шүрілдек торғайы
Tuvinian: Далай кыдыынын сайжызы
Ukrainian: Морський зийок, Морський зуйок, Пісочник морський
Vietnamese: Chim Choi choi khoang cổ, Choi choi khoang cổ
Chinese: [bai-ling heng], [doongfang huan-jing heng], [huan-jing heng], 東方環頸鴴, 环颈鸻, 环颈鸻 C, 环颈鸻/雪鸻, 环颈鸻白领鸻, 環頸(行鳥), 白镯环, 白领鸻
Chinese (Traditional): 环颈鸻/雪鸻, 環頸鴴, 白鐲環, 白領鴴
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 東方環頸鴴
Chinese (Taiwan): [doongfang huan-jing heng], 东方环颈鸻, 東方環頸鴴