Kittlitz's Plover
Anarhynchus pecuarius(Temminck, CJ, 1823)
English (US) Kittlitz's Plover
The Kittlitz's Plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius) 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: sub-Saharan Africa, northeastern Egypt, and MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Kittlitz's Plover
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius pecuarius
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1823)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.31, vol.5 pl.183
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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