Double-banded Plover

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iDouble-banded Plover
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Charadrius
Species: C. bicinctus
Binomial name
Charadrius bicinctus
Jardine & Selby, 1827

The Double-banded Plover, Charadrius bicinctus, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. It lives in beaches, mud flats, grasslands and on bare ground.

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Charadrius bicinctus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 09 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern