Greater sand-plover (Charadrius leschenaultti)
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Wikipedia: Greater sand-plover Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Greater_Sand_Plover_1_-_Lee_Point.jpg
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Classification: Genus Charadrius (Charadrius); Family Charadriidae (Charadriidae)General:
The greater sand plover (Charadrius 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".[2] The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific leschenaultii commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.[3]
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