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- Greater_sand_plover abstract "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".It breeds in the semi-deserts of Turkey and eastwards through Central Asia. It nests in a bare ground scrape. This species is strongly migratory, wintering on sandy beaches in east Africa, south Asia and Australasia. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe, where it has been recorded as far west as Great Britain, France and Iceland. It has been spotted twice in North America, the most recent being on May 14, 2009, in Jacksonville, Florida.There are three subspecies: The nominate, C. l. columbinus and C. l. scythicus. The last was known as C. l. crassirostris until it was established that this name is pre-occupied by a subspecies of Wilson's plover, C. w. crassirostris.This chunky plover is long-legged and thick-billed. Breeding males have grey backs and white underparts. The breast, forehead and nape are chestnut, and there is a black eye mask. The female is duller, and winter and juvenile birds lack the chestnut, apart from a hint of rufous on the head. Legs are greenish and the bill black.In all plumages, it is very similar to lesser sand plover, Charadrius mongolus. Separating the species may be straightforward in mixed wintering flocks on an Indian beach, where the difference in size and structure is obvious; it is another thing altogether to identify a lone vagrant to western Europe, where both species are very rare. The problem is compounded in that the Middle Eastern race of the greater sand plover is the most similar to the lesser species.Its food consists of insects, crustaceans and annelid worms, which are obtained by a run-and-pause technique, rather than the steady probing of some other wader groups.Its flight call is a soft trill.Its scientific name commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.The greater sand plover is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.".
- Greater_sand_plover binomialAuthority René_Lesson.
- Greater_sand_plover class Bird.
- Greater_sand_plover conservationStatus "LC".
- Greater_sand_plover conservationStatusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- Greater_sand_plover family Charadriidae.
- Greater_sand_plover genus Charadrius.
- Greater_sand_plover kingdom Animal.
- Greater_sand_plover order Charadriiformes.
- Greater_sand_plover phylum Chordate.
- Greater_sand_plover thumbnail Greater_Sand_Plover.jpg?width=300.
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- Greater_sand_plover wikiPageWikiLink Jean-Baptiste_Leschenault_de_La_Tour.
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- Greater_sand_plover wikiPageWikiLink Subspecies.
- Greater_sand_plover wikiPageWikiLink Turkey.
- Greater_sand_plover wikiPageWikiLink Vagrancy_(biology).
- Greater_sand_plover wikiPageWikiLink Wader.
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- Greater_sand_plover wikiPageWikiLinkText "''Charadrius leschenaultii''".
- Greater_sand_plover wikiPageWikiLinkText "Greater sand plover".
- Greater_sand_plover wikiPageWikiLinkText "Greater sand-plover".
- Greater_sand_plover wikiPageWikiLinkText "Greater sandplover".
- Greater_sand_plover wikiPageWikiLinkText "greater sand plover".
- Greater_sand_plover wikiPageWikiLinkText "greater".
- Greater_sand_plover binomial "Charadrius leschenaultii".
- Greater_sand_plover classis Bird.
- Greater_sand_plover familia Charadriidae.
- Greater_sand_plover genus "Charadrius".
- Greater_sand_plover hasPhotoCollection Greater_sand_plover.
- Greater_sand_plover ordo Charadriiformes.
- Greater_sand_plover phylum Chordate.
- Greater_sand_plover regnum "Animalia".
- Greater_sand_plover species "C. leschenaultii".
- Greater_sand_plover status "LC".
- Greater_sand_plover statusSystem "IUCN3.1".
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- Greater_sand_plover subject Category:Animals_described_in_1826.
- Greater_sand_plover subject Category:Articles_containing_video_clips.
- Greater_sand_plover subject Category:Birds_of_Europe.
- Greater_sand_plover subject Category:Birds_of_Pakistan.
- Greater_sand_plover subject Category:Birds_of_South_Australia.
- Greater_sand_plover subject Category:Birds_of_Western_Australia.
- Greater_sand_plover subject Category:Birds_of_the_Middle_East.