Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (35)
- Monotypic
Elise Elliott-Smith and Susan M. Haig
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 1, 2004
Text last updated November 1, 2004
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | corriol xiulador |
| Czech | kulík pisklavý |
| Dutch | Dwergplevier |
| English | Piping Plover |
| English (United States) | Piping Plover |
| Finnish | huilutylli |
| French | Pluvier siffleur |
| French (France) | Pluvier siffleur |
| French (French Guiana) | Pluvier siffleur |
| French (Guadeloupe) | Gravelot siffleur |
| German | Flötenregenpfeifer |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Ti Plivye siflè |
| Hungarian | Tibeti lile |
| Icelandic | Sönglóa |
| Japanese | フエコチドリ |
| Norwegian | piplo |
| Polish | sieweczka blada |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | batuíra-melodiosa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Batuíra-melodiosa |
| Russian | Желтоногий зуёк |
| Serbian | Žalar pevač |
| Slovak | kulík pískavý |
| Spanish | Chorlitejo Silbador |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Chorlitejo Silbador |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Frailecillo silbador |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Chorlito Silbador |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Chorlo Silbador |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Chorlito Silbador |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Chorlo Chiflador |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Chorlito Melódico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chorlitejo silbador |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Frailecito Silbador |
| Swedish | flöjtstrandpipare |
| Turkish | Islıkçı Cılıbıt |
| Ukrainian | Пісочник жовтоногий |
Charadrius melodus Ord, 1824
PROTONYM:
Charadrius melodus
Ord, 1824. American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: illustrated with plates Engraved and Colored from Original drawings taken from Nature by Alexander Wilson 7, p.71.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHARADRIUS
- melodus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Figure 1. Distribution of Piping Plover.
