Chestnut-banded Plover

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Chestnut-banded Plover
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae Genus: Charadrius Species: C. pallidus
Binomial name
Charadrius pallidus Strickland, 1852

The 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]

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ See BirdLife International (2007a. b).

[edit] References

• BirdLife International (2004). Charadrius pallidus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. 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.