Charadrius leschenaultii, R.Lesson, 1826

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 31

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11646019
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scientific name	Charadrius leschenaultii
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**GREATER SAND PLOVER Charadrius leschenaultii View in CoL #

Range C. l. leschenaultii Biak, Owi.

Status Palearctic migrant. Despite being a common Palearctic migrant to the New Guinea region (Bishop 2006) only three records from Biak. 14 February 1954: two collected by Hoogerheide at Mokmer, south coast ( Junge 1956); 9 and 11 January 1997: two with a Lesser Sand Plover on the coast near Marauw (SvB); 13 January 1994: five on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).