Piping Plover
Charadrius melodusOrd, G, 1824
English (US) Piping Plover
The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Charadrius melodus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Piping Plover
- Described by
- Ord, G, 1824
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Charadrius melodus circumcinctus
- Charadrius melodus melodus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Ord, G, 1824
- Type locality
- Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey.
- Original description
- American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: illustrated with plates Engraved and Colored from Original drawings taken from Nature by Alexander Wilson 7 p.71
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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