WoRMS taxon details
Charadrius marginatus Vieillot, 1818
AphiaID: 212613
AphiaID: 212613
| 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] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 38 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Length: 16-18 cm. Plumage: above brown or rufous brown; below white tinged buffy or tawny; faint rufous patches on sides of chest; forehead white continuous with superciliary stripe; forecrown black; thin black line through eye. Immature paler brown above, pure white below; no black band on forehead . Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill black; feet and legs black or grey. Habitat: sandy beaches of both marine and inland waters. Breeds in eastern Africa. <389><391><393> [details] Remark: Forms a superspecies with C. alexandrinus [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212613 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Charadrius marginatus Vieillot, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212613 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||
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