WoRMS taxon details
Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786
212617 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212617)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 18-20 cm. Plumage: non-breeding plain brown above, on crown and patches at sides of chest narrowly joined at centre...
Description Length: 18-20 cm. Plumage: non-breeding plain brown above, on crown and patches at sides of chest narrowly joined at centre of breast, brownish throat patch; below white; fore and hind neck, throat and forehead white. Breeding has relatively wide black line through eye and over forehead and black band on chest; white line between frontal band and brown of crown. Immature like non-breeding adult but breast band broken and head brownish. Bare parts: iris brown; bill black with yellowish green at base of lower mandible; eyering bright yellow in breeding adult, duller but present in non-breeding adult and immature; feet and legs dull flesh, olive, or yellow green. Habitat: salt pans and flats bordering mangroves, estuaries and creeks, more common in inland fresh water habitats. Palearctic migrant. <389><391> [details]
WoRMS (2025). Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212617 on 2025-11-15
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em> [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length: 18-20 cm. Plumage: non-breeding plain brown above, on crown and patches at sides of chest narrowly joined at centre of breast, brownish throat patch; below white; fore and hind neck, throat and forehead white. Breeding has relatively wide black line through eye and over forehead and black band on chest; white line between frontal band and brown of crown. Immature like non-breeding adult but breast band broken and head brownish. Bare parts: iris brown; bill black with yellowish green at base of lower mandible; eyering bright yellow in breeding adult, duller but present in non-breeding adult and immature; feet and legs dull flesh, olive, or yellow green. Habitat: salt pans and flats bordering mangroves, estuaries and creeks, more common in inland fresh water habitats. Palearctic migrant. <389><391> [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | vrapuesi i vogël | [details] |
| Bulgarian | Речен дъждосвирец | [details] |
| Danish | lille præstekrave | [details] |
| Dutch | kleine plevier | [details] |
| English | little ringed ploverlittle plover | [details] |
| French | petit gravelot | [details] |
| German | Flussregenpfeifer | [details] |
| Hebrew | חופמי גדות | [details] |
| Japanese | コチドリ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | upinis kirlikas | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ποταμοσφυριχτής | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | dverglo | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | dverglo | [details] |
| Polish | sieweczka rzeczna | [details] |
| Scottish Gaelic | feadóigín chladaigh | [details] |
| Slovenian | mali deževnik | [details] |
| Spanish | chorlitejo chico | [details] |
| Swedish | mindre strandpipare | [details] |
| Turkish | kolyeli küçük yağmurkuşuhalkalı küçük cılıbıt | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Пісочник малий | [details] |
| Welsh | cwtiad torchog bach | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (156 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Charadrius dubius)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (156 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Charadrius dubius)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
