Scientific Name:
Charadrius alexandrinus
Kentish Plover Fact File
Distribution: Widespread Europe; Africa; and parts of Asia
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Subspecies: Four
C. a. alexandrinus: western Europe; Atlantic Islands; and northern Africa to northern China
C. a. dealbatus: south-eastern China (following Rheindt et al. 2011)
C. a. nihonensis: south-eastern Russia; north-eastern and eastern China; Korea; Japan; and Taiwan (following Kennerley et al. 2008)
C. a. seebohmi: southern India; Sri Lanka
Further reading: Kentish Plover: What’s in a name?
Current conservation efforts
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