Collared Plover
Anarhynchus collaris(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Collared Plover
The Collared Plover (Anarhynchus collaris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: coastal and riverine Neotropics from coastal Sinaloa and southern Tamaulipas (but not Yucatan Peninsula; Mexico), coastal Central America, inland around Lake Nicaragua and Panama Canal zone; northern Colombia and Venezuela including islands north of Venezuela, Trinidad, north-central Chile and central ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anarhynchus collaris
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Collared Plover
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius collaris
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Paraguay, ex Azara.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 27 p.136
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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