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Siberian Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus mongolus
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About the Siberian Sand-Plover
The Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The International Ornithologists' Union split the Tibetan sand plover from the lesser sand plover and changed its vernacular name to Siberian sand plover. The specific mongolus is Latin and refers to Mongolia, which at the time of naming referred to a larger area than the present country.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Anarhynchus mongolus
- Family
- Plovers and Lapwings
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Similar species
Other members of the plovers and lapwings family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
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