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Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773 
AphiaID: 212612

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Charadriidae (Family) > Charadrius (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758
Source  basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch Kaspische plevier  [details]
English Caspian plover  [details]
French pluvier asiatique  [details]
German Wermutregenpfeifer  [details]
Hebrew חופמי אסיה  [details]
Lithuanian kaspijinis kirlikas  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Στεποσφυριχτής  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål rødbrystlo  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk raudbrystlo  [details]
Polish sieweczka długonoga  [details]
Romanian prundaşul gulerat mic  [details]
Slovenian kaspijski deževnik  [details]
Spanish chorlito asiático chico  [details]
Turkish asya yagmurkusu  [details]
Turkish asya yagmurkuşu  [details]
Turkish dogu cilibiti  [details]
Turkish doğu cılıbıti  [details]
Ukrainian Пісочник каспійський  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (136 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Description: Length: 18-22 cm. Plumage: above plain brown below white with brown mottling on breast; head and neck white mottled brown; brrown crown, white forehead; brown eye patch; breeding male with entire upperparts dark brown; breast band chestnut boardered on lower edge with dark brown to black; dark brown eye patch and very distinct white superciliary stripe; breeding female like male but with brown breast band.. Immature like adult but with buff edges to feathers of back. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill black; feet and legs green or greenish. Habitat: rare on coast. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212612
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-08-22 05:35:27Z  created  Depew, Lorna
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212612 on 2013-05-22
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