{"id":15361,"date":"2026-07-15T11:46:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15361"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:33:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:03:52","slug":"greater-sand-plover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/greater-sand-plover\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Sand-Plover"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Greater Sand Plover Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Greater Sand Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii), a migratory shorebird typically found along coastal mudflats and estuaries, was recently spotted at Chandu village, marking the fifth documented record of the species in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Greater Sand Plover<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>small wader<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>plover family of birds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Charadrius leschenaultii\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Greater Sand Plover <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Found from <\/span><b>Turkey to Jordon, Central Asia, Siberia, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mongolia, and <\/span><b>northern China, wintering <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along the <\/span><b>coasts of Africa, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, southern China, Japan,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Southeast Asia, and <\/span><b>Australasia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span><b> breeds in high-elevation areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it favors<\/span><b> arid, open habitats,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sometimes near water.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Winters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on <\/span><b>coastal mudflats and estuaries.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Greater Sand Plover <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a medium-sized plover with a<\/span><b> long, hefty bill.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Breeding adults <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have a<\/span><b> dark mask <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>orangish chest, neck, and forehead;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> females are duller than males.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-breeding birds and immatures are sandy brown above and white below, with a white throat and \u201ceyebrows.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, unlike some Lesser Sand-Plovers, Greater never has a<\/span><b> black boundary around the throat.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a thin band over the white of the forehead.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Greater Sand Plover <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Least Concern<\/b>&#8216; under the IUCN Red List.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/gurgaon\/another-rare-coastal-bird-spotted-in-chandu\/articleshow\/132374784.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Greater Sand Plover is a small wader in the plover family of birds. 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