BirdUp · Species
Siberian Sand Plover
Anarhynchus mongolus(Pallas, 1776)
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Anarhynchus
At a glance
The Siberian Sand Plover is a medium-sized bird, about 19–21 cm long, listed as Endangered and native to Australia.
- Size
- 19–21 cm
- Conservation status
- Endangered
- Origin
- Native
- Commonness
- Rare
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Siberian Sand Plover look like?
The Siberian Sand Plover is a medium-sized bird, about 19–21 cm long and weighing 45–75 g.
The Siberian sand plover is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The International Ornithologists' Union split the Tibetan sand plover from the lesser sand plover and changed its vernacular name to Siberian sand plover. The specific mongolus is Latin and refers to Mongolia, which at the time of naming referred to a larger area than the present country.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Siberian Sand Plover eat?
The Siberian Sand Plover feeds on carnivorous; primarily feeds on intertidal invertebrates such as molluscs, crustaceans and and polychaete worms., usually foraging in ground-gleaner; uses a run-pause-peck technique common to plovers..
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