| Greater sand plover | |
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| Nominate A. l. leschenaultii in breeding plumage; a vagrant in Northumberland, UK | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Anarhynchus |
| Species: | A. leschenaultii
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| Binomial name | |
| Anarhynchus leschenaultii (Lesson, 1826)
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| Synonyms | |
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Charadrius leschenaultii (protonym) | |
The greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is often given as "greater sandplover" or "greater sand-plover", but the official IOC and British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "Greater Sand Plover".[2][3] The specific leschenaultii commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.[4] Like most other species in the genus Anarhynchus, it was until recently included in the genus Charadrius.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Charadrius leschenaultii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22693862A153879900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22693862A153879900.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2024). "Buttonquail, thick-knees, sheathbills, plovers, oystercatchers, stilts, painted-snipes, jacanas, Plains-wanderer, seedsnipes". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Charadrius leschenaultii". Avibase.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 99, 222. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.