Caspian plover
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The Caspian plover (Anarhynchus asiaticus) is a wader in the plover family of birds. The specific asiaticus is Latin and means "Asian", although in binomials it usually means the type locality was India.[2]
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Caspian plover | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Charadriidae |
Genus: | Anarhynchus |
Species: | A. asiaticus |
Binomial name | |
Anarhynchus asiaticus (Pallas, 1773) | |
Synonyms | |
Charadrius asiaticus (protonym) |
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This plover breeds in western and central Asia and migrates southward to eastern and southern Africa to escape the northern winter.