- Chestnut-banded Plover
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Chestnut-banded Plover Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae Genus: Charadrius Species: C. pallidus Binomial name Charadrius pallidus
Strickland, 1852The Chestnut-banded Plover (Charadrius pallidus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Rarer than previously believed, it is uplisted from a species of Least Concern to Near Threatened in the 2007 IUCN Red List.[1]
References
- ^ See BirdLife International (2007a. b).
- BirdLife International (2004). Charadrius pallidus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 24 July 2007.
- BirdLife International (2007a): [ 2006-2007 Red List status changes ]. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
- BirdLife International (2007b): Chestnut-banded Plover - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
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