Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (33)
- Monotypic
Gordon L. Maclean and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 8, 2015
Text last updated November 8, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Pluvial |
| Basque | Txirri egiptoarra |
| Bulgarian | Египетска булка |
| Catalan | pluvià |
| Czech | běhulíkovec pestrý |
| Danish | Krokodillevogter |
| Dutch | Krokodilwachter |
| English | Egyptian Plover |
| English (United States) | Egyptian Plover |
| French | Pluvian fluviatile |
| French (France) | Pluvian fluviatile |
| Galician | Ave do crocodilo |
| German | Krokodilwächter |
| Greek | Αιγυπτιακός Χαραδριός |
| Hebrew | תנינן מצרי |
| Hungarian | Krokodilmadár |
| Icelandic | Eyrarlápa |
| Japanese | ナイルチドリ |
| Lithuanian | Egiptinis bėgūnėlis |
| Norwegian | krokodillevokter |
| Polish | pijawnik |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Ave-do-crocodilo |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Ave-do-crocodilo |
| Romanian | Pasărea crocodilului |
| Russian | Крокодилов сторож |
| Serbian | Egipatska trkalica |
| Slovak | krokodíliar žltobruchý |
| Slovenian | Krokodilji tekalec |
| Spanish | Pluvial |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pluvial |
| Swedish | krokodilväktare |
| Turkish | Timsahkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Лібус |
Pluvianus aegyptius (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Charadrius aegyptius
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.150.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Egypt.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PLUVIANUS
- pluvianus
- aegyptius
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Egyptian Plover
