Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
Phegornis mitchellii(Fraser, L, 1845)
English (US) Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
The Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (Phegornis mitchellii) 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: high-elevation bogs of Andes from central Peru to central Chile and western ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phegornis mitchellii
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
- Described by
- (Fraser, L, 1845)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Leptopus (Leptodactylus) Mitchellii
- Described by
- (Fraser, L, 1845)
- Type locality
- Chile, probably in the Province of Colchagua.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.12, no.140 p.157
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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