Greater Sand-Plover

Order - Charadriiformes
Family - Charadriidae (Plovers)

Greater Sand-Plover

Anarhynchus leschenaultii

铁嘴沙鸻 (tiě-zuǐ shā héng) / 铁嘴鸻 (tiě-zuǐ héng)

    Malay : Rapang-Sisir Besar

    Japanese : オオメダイチドリ (ō me-dai chi-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 大目大千鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 9,590,000km²
    Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 123,000,000km²
    Migratory Status : Full Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 20–25 cm; 55–121 g; Wingspan 44–60 cm

                 

    Subspecies (3) and Distribution

• Anarhynchus leschenaultii columbinus (Wagler, JG 1829, Arabia)
  – Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Armenia and Azerbaijan; winters Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and SE Mediterranean.
• Anarhynchus leschenaultii scythicus (Carlos, CJ; Roselaar, CS; Voisin, J-F 2012, Perovsk, Chatir-kul, and shores of the Caspian Sea near the Gulf of Krasnovodsk)
  – Transcaspia and (possibly this race) NW Afghanistan to SE Kazakhstan; winters NE and E Africa to W India.
• Anarhynchus leschenaultii leschenaultii (Lesson, RP 1826, Pondicherry, India)
  – W China (Dzungaria), Mongolia, S Siberia (Tuva) and Altai Mts; winters S to S Asia and Australasia, probably also E Africa.

Distribution Map

Anarhynchus leschenaultii ssp. leschenaultii
Date : 15 October 2017

Location : Pantai Leka Mudflat, Mukim Parit Jawa, Daerah Muar, Johor