Tibetan sand plover
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Charadrius |
| Species: | C. atrifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Charadrius atrifrons (Wagler, 1829)
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The Tibetan sand plover (Charadrius atrifrons is a small wader in the plover family of birds, breeds in Pamir Mountains, Tian Shan, Tibetan Plateau and south Mongolia and winters in east and south Africa, south, east and southeast Asia.
It was previously considered conspecific with the Siberian (lesser) sand plover, contains three subspecies: C. a. atrifrons, breeds in Xizang, C. a. pamirensis breeds in Pamir Mountains, and C. a. schaeferi, breeds in Qinghai.
A study published in 2022 proposed that the "mongolus" Group is the sister group of great sand plover, and "atrifrons" Group is the sister group of them two. So a taxonomic split of lesser sand plover is needed. The authors suggested new scientific and common English name for them:[1]
- Siberian sand plover (Charadrius mongolus), C. m. mongolus and C. m. stegmanni;
- Tibetan sand plover (Charadrius atrifrons), C. a. atrifrons, C. a. pamirensis and C. a. schaeferi;
- Desert sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii), formerly greater sand plover.
IOC accepted the split and rename of lesser sand plover in 2023, erected the Tibetan sand plover a full species. While the greater sand plover retains its common name.[2]
参考文献
- ^ Wei, Chentao; Schweizer, Manuel; Tomkovich, Pavel S; Arkhipov, Vladimir Yu; Romanov, Michael; Martinez, Jonathan; Lin, Xin; Halimubieke, Naerhulan; Que, Pinjia; Mu, Tong; Huang, Qin (2022-03-25). "Genome-wide data reveal paraphyly in the sand plover complex ( Charadrius mongolus/leschenaultii )". Ornithology. 139 (2): ukab085. doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukab085. ISSN 0004-8038.
- ^ Gill, F; Donsker, D; Rasmussen, P, eds. (2023). IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2.