Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Eastern Lesser Sand-Plover, Mongolian Plover
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 125 meters (0 to 410 feet).[1]
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:
mongolus
- Subspecies:
stegmanni
- Scientific name: - Charadrius mongolus stegmanni Portenko 1939 Portenko 1939 FaunaAnadrysk.Kraya Ptitsi p.159
- Subspecies:
stegmanni
- Specific name:
mongolus
- 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
(
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
- 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. 337.
- Check-list of North American birds. [Ithaca, N.Y.]1957. url p. 169.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 3 1951 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 135, p. 136, p. 137, p. 24, p. 37.
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 2 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 591431
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176515
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13890162
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176515
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNNB03011
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178069
Footnotes
- Mean = -139.670 meters (-458.235 feet), Standard Deviation = 943.030 based on 24 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
