Anarhynchus mongolus

Siberian Sand-Plover at Cunjurong Point, NSW

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Identification history

	Anarhynchus mongolus	2 Oct 2020	CharlesDove
	Charadrius leschenaultii	8 Jul 2018	CharlesDove

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Charadrius leschenaultii. The greater sand plover is a small wader in the plover family of birds.

3 comments

CharlesDove wrote:

9 Jul 2018

not a good picture for a good enough look unfortunately always a tussel between the 2 of them

HarveyPerkins wrote:

24 Sep 2020

Apart from the large extent of visible tibia, all other characteristics of this bird point towards Lesser Sand Plover for me; including rounded head on short neck (admittedly pulled into the body), 'normal' sized eye for head size, short bill despite oblique angle perspective, even colouration on dorsal feathering - more balanced looking bird overall.

Pam wrote:

18 Oct 2020

Lovely image...

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Location information

Places Cunjurong Point, NSW

Sighting information

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Species information

Anarhynchus mongolus Scientific name
Siberian Sand-Plover Common name
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Very rare / threatened
Non-invasive or negligible
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