Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Family Charadriidae
Endangered — AUS: Endangered, NSW: Vulnerable, QLD: Endangered, VIC: Endangered, WA: Endangered, NT: Endangered, Bonn: Listed, CAMBA: Listed, JAMBA: Listed, ROKAMBA: Listed
About
The Siberian sand plover is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The International Ornithologists' Union split the Tibetan sand plover from the lesser sand plover and changed its vernacular name to Siberian sand plover. The specific mongolus is Latin and refers to Mongolia, which at the time of naming referred to a larger area than the present country.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Federation Walk Coastal Reserve (Atlas of Living Australia, 2001) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Federation Walk Coastal Reserve — South East Queensland hikes