Rufous-chested Dotterel
Zonibyx modestus(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
English (US) Rufous-chested Dotterel
The Rufous-chested Dotterel (Zonibyx modestus) 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: breeds inland south-central Chile, southern Argentina, and Falkland Islands; winters to coastal southern Peru and southeastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zonibyx modestus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous-chested Dotterel
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius modestus
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
- Type locality
- Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Original description
- Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen p.71
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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