St. Helena Plover
Anarhynchus sanctaehelenae(Harting, JE, 1873)
English (US) St. Helena Plover
The St. Helena Plover (Anarhynchus sanctaehelenae) 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: St. Helena Island (southern Atlantic Ocean)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anarhynchus sanctaehelenae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- St. Helena Plover
- Described by
- (Harting, JE, 1873)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- AEgialitis sanctae-helenae
- Described by
- (Harting, JE, 1873)
- Type locality
- St. Helena Island.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.3, no.11 p.260,262,266 pl.9
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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