Pied Plover
Hoploxypterus cayanus(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Pied Plover
The Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus) 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: riverbanks and mudflats of lowlands to hills in tropical South America east of the Andes south to Paraguay, south-eastern Brazil, and (rarely) north-eastern Argentina; west of the Andes only in western EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hoploxypterus cayanus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pied Plover
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius cayanus
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2 p.749
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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