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Wader Quest Volume 10 Issue 2 newsletter out now.
11 May 2023

Wader Quest Volume 10 Issue 2 newsletter out now.

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Vol 10 Issue 2: 2023 Wader Quest newsletter is published today, please click on the picture link to view. Contents included in this issue; 2: Wader Quest information. 3-6: Wader Quest news. 7-8: Wader Quest Brasil. 9: Wader Quest South … Continued

Lesser Sandplover split
28 Mar 2022

Lesser Sandplover split

by | posted in: atrifrons, Charadrii, Charadrius, Greater Sandplover, leschenaultii, Lesser Sandplover, Mongolian Sandplover, mongolus, Nomenclature, Our Blogs, Plover Appreciation Day, Shorebirds, Taxonomy, Wader News, Waders | 0

When we did our travelling at the very start of Wader Quest, back in 2012, we made some arbitrary decisions about the taxonomic status of various closely related taxa. This drew some raised eyebrows in some quarters and, I dare … Continued

Kentish Plover; What’s In A Name?
18 May 2021

Kentish Plover; What’s In A Name?

by | posted in: alexandrinus, Charadrii, Charadrius, Javan Plover, javanicus, Kentish Plover, nivosus, Nomenclature, Our Blogs, Snowy Plover, Taxonomy | 0

The second in the series of interestingly named species is another plover, this time the Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus, as Henry Seebohm put it in his 1888 book The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or, The Plovers, Sandpipers Snipes … Continued

Dotterel; What’s in a name?
24 Jan 2021

Dotterel; What’s in a name?

by | posted in: Banded Dotterel, Charadrii, Charadrius, Dotterel, Double-banded Plover, Eurasian Dotterel, morinellus, mythology, New Zealand Dotterel, Nomenclature, Northern Red-breasted Plover, Plovers, Rufous-chested Dotterel, Southern Red-breasted Plover, Tawny-throated Dotterel, Taxonomy | 0

The Dotterel Charadrius morinellus; when I first heard the name as a youngster it was one of those, almost mythical species, which, as far as I could see, I had little or no chance of ever seeing. In those days … Continued

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