Species profile—Charadrius mongolus (lesser sand plover)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Charadriidae (lapwings, plovers and dotterels) → Charadrius mongolus (lesser sand plover)
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Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Charadriidae (lapwings, plovers and dotterels)
- Scientific name
- Charadrius mongolus Pallas, 1776
- Common name
- lesser sand plover
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1936
- Alternate name(s)
- Mongolian plover
lesser sand-plover
Mongolian sand-plover
Mongolian sand-dotterel
allied dotterel
Mongolian dotterel
allied plover - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1936
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
