#0928 · 🐦 birds

Greater Sand-Plover

🇳🇱 Woestijnplevier ·Anarhynchus leschenaultii

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Caiden · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Алексей Сизов · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © IanLJones · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Portimão, 8500, Portugal:© Paulo Caseirito · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Краснодарский край, Россия, 353918:© Sega Black - Sea · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Gonzales Rd, Stuart Park NT 0820, Australia:© Tan Kok Hui · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Manavgat/Antalya, Türkiye:© Gökçe Coşkun · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Arakabesang bridge, Koror, Palau:© Thibaud Aronson · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The greater sand plover ( Anarhynchus leschenaultii ) is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is often given as "greater sandplover" or "greater sand-plover", but the official IOC and British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "Greater Sand Plover". The specific leschenaultii commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour. Like most other species in the genus Anarhynchus , it was until recently included in the genus Charadrius .

base stats

NL sightings 4iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,750iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).