Caspian Plover

Charadrius asiaticus - Pluvier asiatique

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Charadriidés

  • Genus
    :

    Charadrius

  • Species
    :

    asiaticus

Descriptor

Pallas, 1773

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 20 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 55 à 61 cm.
  • Weight
    : 70 à 91 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pluvier asiatique
♂ adult plum. breeding
Pluvier asiatique
♀ adult plum. breeding

Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Pluvier asiatique,
  • Chorlitejo asiático chico,
  • borrelho-do-cáspio,
  • Wermutregenpfeifer,
  • sztyeppi lile,
  • Kaspische Plevier,
  • Corriere asiatico,
  • kaspisk pipare,
  • Rødbrystlo,
  • kulík palinový,
  • kulík kaspický,
  • Kaspisk Præstekrave,
  • kaspiantylli,
  • Asiatiese Strandkiewiet,
  • corriol asiàtic,
  • Leirlóa,
  • sieweczka długonoga,
  • Kaspijas tārtiņš,
  • kaspijski deževnik,
  • Каспийский зуёк,
  • ニシオオチドリ,
  • 红胸鸻,
  • 紅胸鴴,

Voice song and cries

Pluvier asiatique
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Pluvier asiatique
♂ adult

Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetla

nds (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats, Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools ; Desert : Hot ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Sand Dunes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Salt Exploitation Sites

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Pluvier asiatique
published: - Updated: 13-03-2005
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