Red-capped Plover
Anarhynchus ruficapillus(Temminck, CJ, 1821)
English (US) Red-capped Plover
The Red-capped Plover (Anarhynchus ruficapillus) 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 Timor (eastern Lesser Sundas) and Australia including Tasmania; winters to eastern JavaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-capped Plover
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1821)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius ruficapillus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1821)
- Type locality
- Oceania = New South Wales apud Mathews.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.8, vol.5 pl.47 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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