WoRMS taxon details
Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, 1826
212616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212616)
accepted
Species
Anarhynchus leschenaultii · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 22-25 cm. Plumage: brown above including neck; white below; white forehead continuing into white superciliary...
Description Length: 22-25 cm. Plumage: brown above including neck; white below; white forehead continuing into white superciliary stripe; brown breast band broken in non-breading adult; breast band in breeding birds chestnut and face mask dark brown contrasting with paler crown (some females lack mask and have incomplete breast band). Immature like non-breeding adult, but with paler edges to dorsal feathers. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill heavy and black; feet and legs grey or greenish grey, tinged pink or yellow and extend well beyond tail in flight. Habitat: tidal flats, salt pans and estuaries. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2025). Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, 1826. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212616 on 2025-04-03
Date
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1998-08-22 05:35:27Z
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Depew, Lorna
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em> [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length: 22-25 cm. Plumage: brown above including neck; white below; white forehead continuing into white superciliary stripe; brown breast band broken in non-breading adult; breast band in breeding birds chestnut and face mask dark brown contrasting with paler crown (some females lack mask and have incomplete breast band). Immature like non-breeding adult, but with paler edges to dorsal feathers. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill heavy and black; feet and legs grey or greenish grey, tinged pink or yellow and extend well beyond tail in flight. Habitat: tidal flats, salt pans and estuaries. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | ørkenpræstekrave | [details] |
| Dutch | woestijnplevier | [details] |
| English | greater sand-plovergreater sandplover greater sand plovergreat sand-plover | [details] |
| German | Wüstenregenpfeifer | [details] |
| Hebrew | חופמי חוף | [details] |
| Japanese | オオメダイチドリ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | didžiasnapis kirlikas | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μεγάλος Ερημοσφυριχτής | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | ørkenlo | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | ørkenlo | [details] |
| Polish | sieweczka pustynna | [details] |
| Slovenian | debelokljuni deževnik | [details] |
| Spanish | chorlitejo mongol grande | [details] |
| Swedish | ökenpipare | [details] |
| Turkish | çöl yağmurkuşucol yagmurkusubüyük cılıbıtbuyuk cilibit | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Пісочник товстодзьобийЗуйок монгольський | [details] |
| Welsh | cwtiad y tywod mwyaf | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Charadrius leschenaultii)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Charadrius leschenaultii)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
