GREATER Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

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Calbost Niel

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LOVELY LIGHTING HARSHA Posted 9 months ago
1. Dr Harsha Vardhan Reddy
  
  Lion
  
  thanks a lot Posted 9 months ago

Thibaud Aronson

Lion

Beautiful photo, but that's a plover, not a sandpiper (note the shorter, thicker bill).
You could probably get confirmation from Indian birders, but I'd say it's a Lesser Sand-Plover. Posted 9 months ago
1. Dr Harsha Vardhan Reddy
  
  Lion
  
  looks you are right thanks for your correction. Posted 9 months ago
2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
    
    Lion
    
    Happy to help. Posted 9 months ago

The Greater sand plover

The greater sand plover 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". 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 . The specific ''leschenaultii'' commemorates the French botanist.. more

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Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies

Species identified by Dr Harsha Vardhan Reddy