Charadrius mongolus mongolusPallas, 1776

Lesser sand plover

Image acquired with permission from the Natural History Museum at Tring, United Kingdom. Specimen collected by A. R. Wallace. Specimen locality: Aru Islands
Label transcription: [Collected by A.R. Wallace. 1857 Charadrius mongolicus. Pall. ♂. Aru Islands. 8 A. Newton. / mongolicus. Palls. (Sw.) 73.5.12.2258]

NOTE:
Species known to occur in Singapore.
Imaged Wallace Specimen from Aru Islands .

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Taxon Information

Classification:

Vertebrata: Aves: Charadriiformes: Charadriidae (Plovers)

Taxon Name (original as given on label):

Charadrius mongolicus ; Charadrius geoffreynis

Collector:

A.R. Wallace

Locality of Specimen:

Aru Islands, Gilolo

Specimen Repository:

Natural History Museum Tring