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Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus [Pallas, 1776]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Charadriidae
BTO Codes:
DQ ,
EURING No:
4780
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
mongolus , atrifrons recorded in Britain (of 5 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
20 cm
Wingspan:
52 cm
Weight:
-
Scientific name from:
Gr.: kharadra =a ravine
and after Mongolia
World Distribution:
BREEDS: e Siberia & sc Asia, WINTERS: se Asia to Australia
Habitat:
Beaches, mudflats, lakes, steppe
Diet:
Invertebrates
Records and Distribution
First Record:
West Sussex, 1997
(Hunt, J. 2000. British Birds 93:435-441)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
4
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Lothian
(2004),
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
South-east England:
South-west England:
No Records
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Mongolsk pręstekrave
Dutch:
Mongolse Plevier
Finnish:
Mongoliantylli
French:
Gravelot Mongol
German:
Mongolenregenpfeifer
Hungarian:
Mongol lile
Icelandic:
Hjaršlóa
Irish:
Italian:
Corriere della Mongolia
Norwegian:
Mongollo
Polish:
Sieweczka mongolska
Portuguese:
Borrelho-mongol-pequeno
Spanish:
Chorlitejo mongol chico
Swedish:
Mongolpipare
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Books and Monographs:
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See Also:
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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