| Little ringed plover | |
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| Near Roermond, Netherlands | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Charadrius |
| Species: | C. dubius
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| Binomial name | |
| Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786
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| Range of Ch. dubius Breeding Resident Passage Non-breeding
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The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific dubius is Latin for doubtful, since Sonnerat, writing in 1776, thought this bird might be just a variant of common ringed plover.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Charadrius dubius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22693770A155486463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22693770A155486463.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 99, 141. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.