Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus [Pallas, 1776] |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Charadriidae |
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BTO Codes:
DQ,
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EURING No: 4780 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
mongolus, atrifrons recorded in Britain (of 5 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
20 cm
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Wingspan: 52 cm |
Weight:
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: kharadra=a ravine and after Mongolia |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: e Siberia & sc Asia, WINTERS: se Asia to Australia |
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Habitat:
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Beaches, mudflats, lakes, steppe |
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Diet:
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Invertebrates |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Grampian, 1991
(Hunt, J. 2000. British Birds 93:435-441)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
4
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Lothian
(2004),
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North-east England:
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Lincolnshire
(2002),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
(2003),
West Sussex
(1997),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| 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 |
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Spanish:
Chorlitejo mongol chico
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Swedish: Mongolpipare |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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