Greater Sandplover Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Charadrius leschenaultii
Family : Haematopodidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Large Sand Plover
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Greater Sand Plover is a brown wader with a white forehead (adult bird length approximately 22 cm, weight 75 g, wing 14.5 cm, bill 2.5 cm, tarsus 3.6 cm, tail 5.3 cm). The breeding male looks rufous-brown from above and white from below. The non-breeding male and female are look alike. They look rufous to ashy-brown from above and have brown eye-line. It feeds on insects, crustaceans, mollusks. It breeds in April-May.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Vanellus indicus
(Red‑wattled Lapwing) -
Charadrius alexandrinus
(Kentish Plover) -
Vanellus duvaucelii
(River Lapwing) -
Vanellus malarbaricus
(Yellow‑wattled Lapwing) -
Vanellus cinereus
(Grey‑headed Lapwing) -
Charadrius mongolus
(Lesser Sandplover) -
Pluvialis fulva
(Pacific Golden Plover) -
Vanellus vanellus
(Northern Lapwing) -
Charadrius placidus
(Long‑billed Plover) -
Charadrius dubius
(Little Ringed Plover)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Misbah Mishu,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Misbah Mishu,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.