Eurasian Dotterel
Eudromias morinellus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Eurasian Dotterel
The Eurasian Dotterel (Eudromias morinellus) 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 high Arctic coastal tundra and alpine zone, from northern British Isles and Scandinavia eastward to Chukotskiy Peninsula and western Alaska; in south locally from Pyrenees through montane Mongolia; winters from Iberian Peninsula and northern Africa eastward to Arabian Peninsula and IraqRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eudromias morinellus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius Morinellus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Europe, restricted type locality Sweden, apud Hartert, p. 1545.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.150
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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