Egyptian Plover
Pluvianus aegyptius(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Egyptian Plover
The Egyptian Plover (Pluvianus aegyptius) 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 Pluvianidae (Egyptian Plover) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: Senegal and Gambia eastward to Ethiopia, southward to far northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan; formerly also Nile River, EgyptRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pluvianus aegyptius
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Egyptian Plover
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius aegyptius
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Egypt.
- 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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