Madagascar Plover
Anarhynchus thoracicus(Richmond, CW, 1896)
English (US) Madagascar Plover
The Madagascar Plover (Anarhynchus thoracicus) 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 western MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anarhynchus thoracicus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Madagascar Plover
- Described by
- (Richmond, CW, 1896)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- AEgialitis thoracica
- Described by
- (Richmond, CW, 1896)
- Type locality
- Loholoka, east coast of Madagascar.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 10 p.53
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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