Three-banded Plover
Thinornis tricollaris(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Three-banded Plover
The Three-banded Plover (Thinornis tricollaris) 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.
- Scientific name
- Thinornis tricollaris
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Three-banded Plover
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Thinornis tricollaris tricollaris
- Thinornis tricollaris bifrontatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius tricollaris
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Africa, restricted type locality. Cape Town, Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 57.
- 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.147
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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