Hooded Plover
Thinornis cucullatus(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Hooded Plover
The Hooded Plover (Thinornis cucullatus) 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: coastal and inland southwestern Australia, and coastal south-central and southeastern Australia, including TasmaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thinornis cucullatus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Hooded Plover
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius cucullatus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 27 p.136
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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