Species profile
Greater Sand Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Quick answer
Range C. l. leschenaultii Biak, Owi. Status Palearctic migrant. Despite being a common Palearctic migrant to the New Guinea region (Bishop 2006) only three records from Biak. 14 February 1954: two collected by Hoogerheide at Mokmer, south coast (Junge 1956); 9 and 11 January 1997: two with a Lesser Sand Plover on the coast near Marauw (SvB); 13 January 1994: five on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).
- Scientific name
- Charadrius leschenaultii
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Charadrius
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Charadriidae
- Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
- Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- Black-banded Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
- black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
- Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
- Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
- Blacksmith lapwing, Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus)