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Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758

Charadrius alexandrinus

AphiaID

212611 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212611)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Anarhynchus alexandrinus · unaccepted

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Subspecies Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus (Swinhoe, 1870)

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Description Length: 15-17 cm. Plumage: above grey-brown; below white; forehead and band on hindneck white continuous with white...

Description Length: 15-17 cm. Plumage: above grey-brown; below white; forehead and band on hindneck white continuous with white superciliary line; breastband incomplete--dark patches at sides of chest only; breeding male with black bars at sides of chest, black frontal bar and black line through eye; chestnut cap; in non-breeding male and female brown replaces black, no chestnut in cap. Immature like adult but paler with buff markings on coverts. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill black; eyering black; feet and legs dark grey to black. Habitat: beaches, lagoons, estuaries, tidal mudflats; inland water bodies. Palearctic migrant in north-eastern Africa, breeds along Red Sea. <389><391><393> [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212611 on 2026-09-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-07-17 10:53:12Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1998-08-22 05:35:27Z

changed

Depew, Lorna

2011-04-08 06:18:06Z

checked

Adriaens, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details]

Other

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]

context source (HKRMS) HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society. [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”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Remark Forms a superspecies with C. marginatus [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	vrapuesi gushëbardhë	[details]
Bulgarian	Морски дъждосвирец	[details]
Danish	hvidbrystet præstekrave	[details]
Dutch	strandplevier	[details]
English	snowy ploverKentish plover	[details]
French	gravelot à collier interrompu	[details]
German	Seeregenpfeifer	[details]
Hebrew	חופמי אלכסנדריחופמי אלכסנדרוני	[details]
Italian	fratino	[details]
Japanese	シロチドリ	[details]
Lithuanian	juodakojis kirlikas	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Θαλασσοσφυριχτής	[details]
Norwegian	hvitbrystlo	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	hvitbrystlo	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	kvitbrystlo	[details]
Polish	sieweczka morska	[details]
Romanian	Prundaşul de sărătură	[details]
Russian	Морской зуёкморской зуек	[details]
Scottish Gaelic	feadóigín chosdubh	[details]
Slovenian	beločeli deževnik	[details]
Spanish	chorlitejo patinegro	[details]
Swedish	svartbent strandpipare	[details]
Turkish	akça cılıbıtakca cılıbıtakca cilibit	[details]
Ukrainian	Пісочник морський (Зуйок морський)Пісочник морськийМорський пісочник	[details]
Welsh	cwtiad caint	[details]