Species profile—Charadrius leschenaultii (greater sand plover)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Charadriidae (plovers, dotterel and lapwings) → Charadrius leschenaultii (greater sand plover)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Charadriidae (plovers, dotterel and lapwings)
- Scientific name
- Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, 1826
- Common name
- greater sand plover
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1948
- Alternate name(s)
- greater sand-plover
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- 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 AustraliaData 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=1948
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
