Family: PLUVIANIDAE (MacGillivray 1852)
Genus: Pluvianus – French pluvian, name given to Egyptian Plover as ‘Pluvian de Sénégal’ (pluvier plover) by d’Aubenton (1765-1781) (Vieillot 1816).
- Africa: Egyptian Plover.
One species. Uncertain affinities. Appears to be related to the pratincoles and coursers into which it is sometimes subsumed.
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius (‘Charadrius aegyptius’ Linnaeus 1758)
Until recently formed part of the Glareolidae with pratincoles and coursers.
- BirdLife International IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/03/2020
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- HBW Alive https://www.hbw.com/
- Jobling, James A.: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names (2010)
- Seebohm, Henry: The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or, The Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and Their Allies (1888)
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