Two-banded Plover
Anarhynchus falklandicus(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Two-banded Plover
The Two-banded Plover (Anarhynchus falklandicus) 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: breeds inland and coastal southeastern Chile, south-central and southeastern Argentina, locally in north-central Argentina and southeastern Brazil, also Falkland Islands; winters to coastal Chile and coastal southeastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anarhynchus falklandicus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Two-banded Plover
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius falklandicus
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- Port Egmont, Falkland Islands, based on Portlock, Voy. round World, p. 36 and pi.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2 p.747
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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