Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus), recorded as Endangered
Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Lesser Sand Plover

Charadrius mongolus

The Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) is a small wader in the plover family of birds.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Charadrius mongolus
Recorded from
India
Taxonomy
Aves · Charadriiformes · Charadriidae · Charadrius

Appearance

Breeding males have grey backs and white underparts. Legs are dark and the bill black. In all plumages, this species is very similar to the greater sand plover, Charadrius leschenaultii.

The length of the bill is another distinguishing feature, with the Siberian generally having a shorter bill compared to a greater.

Range and habitat

It breeds discontinuously across bare coastal plains in north-eastern Siberia, with the Mongolian plover in the eastern part of the range. It has also bred in Alaska.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

The Siberian sand plover is one of the species to that the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

In crisis

Lesser Sand Plover is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Lesser Sand Plover, Wikidata item Q305255. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Lesser Sand Plover?
The Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) is a small wader in the plover family of birds.
What is the conservation status of Lesser Sand Plover?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Charadrius mongolus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Lesser Sand Plover live?
It breeds discontinuously across bare coastal plains in north-eastern Siberia, with the Mongolian plover in the eastern part of the range. It has also bred in Alaska.
Why is Lesser Sand Plover in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Charadrius mongolus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Lesser Sand Plover a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.