Fact Card
COMMON NAME: LESSER SAND-PLOVER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Charadrius mongolus
TYPE: Vagrant
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau – Rotuma
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Charadriiformes / FAMILY – Charadriidae / GENUS – Charadrius
Video: Lesser Sand-plover
Audio: Lesser Sand-plover
IUCN Red List Status
References
- [GARY DOUGLAS]. (2023, May 8). Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus [Video]. Macaulay Library. Link
- IUCN (2016, October 1). Lesser Sandplover. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved September 27, 2023, from Link
- [Peter Boesman]. (2015, May 26). Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus [Audio]. Macaulay Library. Link
- Siberian sand plover. (2023, September 22). In Wikipedia. Link
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – Link

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