Greater sand plover
| Greater sand plover | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Anarhynchus |
| Species: | A. leschenaultii |
| Binomial name | |
| Anarhynchus leschenaultii (Lesson, 1826) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Charadrius Leschenaultii (protonym) | |
The greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as "greater sandplover" or "greater sand-plover", but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "Greater Sand Plover". The specific leschenaultii commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.
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