Lesser sand-plover (Charadrius mongolus)
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Observations
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Classification: Genus Charadrius (Charadrius); Family Charadriidae (Charadriidae)This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, Africa, Asia.
General:
The lesser sand plover (Charadrius mongolus) is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as lesser sand-plover, but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "lesser sand plover". 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 mongolus is Latin and refers to Mongolia which at the time of naming referred to a larger area than the present country.[2]
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