| Caspian plover | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Anarhynchus |
| Species: | A. asiaticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anarhynchus asiaticus (Pallas, 1773)
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Charadrius asiaticus (protonym) | |
The Caspian plover (Anarhynchus asiaticus) is a wader in the plover family of birds. The specific asiaticus is Latin and means "Asian", although in binomials it usually means the type locality was India.[2]
This plover breeds in western and central Asia and migrates southward to eastern and southern Africa to escape the northern winter.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Charadrius asiaticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22693868A131930637. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22693868A131930637.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 57, 99. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.