Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Ringnekstrandkiewiet
Common Names in Catalan:
Corriol Gros
Common Names in Czech:
Kul
Common Names in Dutch:
Bontbekplevier
Common Names in English:
Common Ringed Plover, Great Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover
Common Names in French:
Grand Gravelot, Pluvier Grand Gravelot, Pluvier Grand-Gravelot
Common Names in German:
Sandregenpfeifer, Sandregenpfeifer-Hiaticula
Common Names in Hebrew:
חופמי צווארון
Common Names in Italian:
Corriere Grosso
Common Names in Japanese:
ハジロコチドリ
Common Names in Latin:
Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula,
Common Names in Russian:
Galstuchnik, Галстучник, Зуек Большой
Common Names in Spanish:
Chorlitejo Grande
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 286 meters (940 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Charadriiformes
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Suborder:
Limicolae
()
- Beddard, 1898
- Infraorder:
Charadriides
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Parvorder:
Charadriida
()
- Superfamily:
Charadrioidea
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Charadriidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Subfamily:
Charadriinae
()
- Genus:
Charadrius
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
hiaticula
- Subspecies:
hiaticula
- Scientific name: - Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula Linnaeus 1758 Linnaeus 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.150
- Subspecies:
hiaticula
- Specific name:
hiaticula
- Genus:
Charadrius
(
- Subfamily:
Charadriinae
(
- Family:
Charadriidae
(
- Superfamily:
Charadrioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Charadriida
(
- Infraorder:
Charadriides
(
- Suborder:
Limicolae
(
- Order:
Charadriiformes
(
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus 1758
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Charadrius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 60 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. alexandrinus (Western Snowy Plover) · C. alexandrinus alexandrinus (Snowy Plover) · C. alexandrinus dealbatus (Snowy Plover) · C. alexandrinus nivosus (Snowy Plover) · C. alexandrinus tenuirostris (Snowy Plover) · C. alticola (Puna Plover) · C. asiaticus (Caspian Plover) · C. australis (Inland Dotterel) · C. bicinctus (Banded Dotterel) · C. bicinctus bicinctus (Double-Banded Plover) · C. cinctus (Red-Kneed Dotterel) · C. collaris (Collared Plover) · C. dubius (Little Ringed Plover) · C. dubius charadrius (Little Ringed Plover) · C. dubius curonicus (Little Ringed Plover) · C. dubius dubius (Little Ringed Plover) · C. falklandicus (Two-Banded Plover) · C. forbesi (ForbesÌ Plover) · C. hiaticula (Common Ringed Plover) · C. hiaticula hiaticula (Common Ringed Plover) · C. hiaticula tundrae (Common Ringed Plover) · C. javanicus (Javan Sand Plover) · C. leschenaultii (Large Sand Dotterel) · C. leschenaultii leschenaultii (Greater Sand Plover) · C. marginatus (White-Fronted Sand Plover) · C. marginatus marginatus (White-Fronted Sand Plover) · C. melanops (Black-Fronted Plover) · C. melodus (Western Piping Plover) · C. melodus circumcinctus (Piping Plover) · C. melodus melodus (Piping Plover) · C. modestus (Rufous-Chested Dotterel) · C. mongolus (Short-Billed Sand Plover) · C. mongolus mongolus (Mongolian Plover) · C. mongolus stegmanni (Eastern Lesser Sand-Plover) · C. montanus (Mountain Plover) · C. morinellus (Eurasian Dotterel) · C. novaeseelandiae (Long-Billed Plover) · C. obscurus (Red-Breasted Dotterel) · C. obscurus obscurus (Red-Breasted Dotterel) · C. occidentalis (Snowy Plover) · C. pallidus (Chestnut-Banded Plover) · C. pecuarius (Kittlitz's Sand Plover) · C. pecuarius pecuarius (Kittlitz's Sand Plover) · C. peronii (Malaysian Sand Plover) · C. placidus (Long-Billed Ringed Plover) · C. rubricollis (Hooded Plover) · C. ruficapillus (Red-Capped Dotterel) · C. sanctaehelenae (St. Helena Sand Plover) · C. semipalmatus (Semipalmated Ring Plover) · C. thoracicus (Black-Banded Sand Plover) · C. tricollaris (Three-Banded Plover) · C. tricollaris tricollaris (Three-Banded Plover) · C. venustus (Chestnut-Banded Sand Plover) · C. veredus (Oriental Dotterel) · C. vociferous (Eastern Mew Gull) · C. vociferus (Kildeer Plover) · C. vociferus vociferus (Killdeer) · C. wilsonia (Thick-Billed Plover) · C. wilsonia beldingi (Wilson's Plover) · C. wilsonia wilsonia (Wilson's Plover)
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Further Reading
- A hand-list of British birds, with an account of the distribution of each species in the British Isles and abroad. By Ernst Hartert, F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst and H. F. Withersby. London, Witherby, 1912. url p. 166.
- Birds of the Chukchi Peninsula and Wrangel Island = (Ptitsy Chukotskogo poluostrova i ostrova Vrangelya) / L.A. Portenko; translated from Russian [by P.M. Rao]. New Delhi: Published for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., by Amerind Pub. Co., 1981- url p. 347.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 122.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 378, p. 378.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. 13 1948 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. url p. 51, p. 52.
- Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. url p. 103.
- Check-list of North American birds. [Ithaca, N.Y.]1957. url p. 166.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 247.
- Contributions to the knowledge of the East African ornithology. Birds collected by the Swedish Mount Elgon Expedition 1920. Lund, C. Blom, 1923. url p. 35.
- Guide to the birds of Europe and North Africa. With a biographical memoir by William Eagle Clarke. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1923. url p. 261.
- The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 512.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 48 1934 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url title page, index , p. 147, p. 184, p. 214, p. 90.
- The Scottish naturalist. Arbroath [etc.]T. Buncle & Co. [etc.] url p. 134, p. 135.
- Types of birds in the Tring Museum. n. p., 1922? url .
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2576223
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176505
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13538407
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176505
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7258
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 612.950 based on 24 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
