Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius

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The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific dubius is Latin for doubtful, since Sonnerat, writing in 1776, thought this bird might be just a variant of common ringed plover.

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  1. (c) Kim, Hyun-tae, μερικά δικαιώματα διατηρούνται (CC BY), uploaded by Kim, Hyun-tae
  2. (c) Wikipedia, μερικά δικαιώματα διατηρούνται (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charadrius_dubius

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