Greater Sandplover

Scientific Name: Anarhynchus leschenaultii

Greater Sandplover

Greater Sandplover Fact File

Distribution: Central Europe

Conservation Status: Least Concern

Subspecies: Three

  • A. l. columbinus: Turkey to southern Afghanistan
  • A. l. scythicus: Turkmenistan through southern Kazakhstan
  • A. l. leschenaultii: western China to southern Mongolia and southern Siberia

Further reading: Identification, taxonomy and distribution of Greater and Lesser Sand Plovers – Erik Hirschfeld, C. S. (Kees) Roselaar and Hadoram Shirihai

Current conservation efforts

None

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