First record of the Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) in Argentina: a new species for the country and for South America

Arnaud Le Nevé; Mauricio Manzione

doi:10.56178/eh.v26i2.690

Short Communications Published 01 December 2011 https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v26i2.690

First record of the Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) in Argentina: a new species for the country and for South America

Charadrius mongolus first record Punta Rasa vagrant

Arnaud Le Nevé Direction Régional de l’Environnement, de l’Aménagement et du Logement des Pays de la Loire. 5 rue Françoise Giroud, CS 16326, 44263 Nantes cedex 2, France | 6 rue de l’Olivraie, 44200 Nantes, France

Mauricio Manzione Administración de Parques Nacionales. Alsina 1418, 6° piso, oficina 610, C1088AAL, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

In this communication we provide the first record of the Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) in Argentina and South America. An adult male of the species in breeding plumage was observed and photographed on 30 March 2011 at Punta Rasa, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The diagnostic plumage features of the bird refer to the mongolus subspecies group.

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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION (1998) Check-list ofNorth American Birds. Seventh edition. AmericanOrnithologists’ Union, Washington DC
COCONIER E (2007) Bahía de Samborombón y PuntaRasa. Pp. 46–47 in: DI GIACOMO AS, DE FRANCESCOMV AND COCONIER EG (eds) Áreas importantes parala conservación de las aves en Argentina. Sitios priorita-rios para la conservación de la biodiversidad. Revisedand corrected edition. Aves Argentinas/AsociaciónOrnitológica del Plata, Buenos Aires
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CROCHET P-A, RATY L, DE SMET G, ANDERSON B,BARTHEL PH, COLLINSON JM, DUBOIS PJ, HELBIG AJ,JIGUET F, JIRLE E, KNOX AG, LE MARÉCHAL P, PARKINDT, PONS J-M, ROSELAAR CS, SVENSSON L, VA N LOONAJ AND YÉSOU P (2010) AERC TAC’s taxonomic recommendations. July 2010. Association of Euro-pean Records and Rarities Committees, Kockel-scheuer
CURTIS T (2007) First record of Lesser Sand Plover(Charadrius mongolus) in Florida. Florida Field Natu-ralist 35:26–29
GARNER M, LEWINGTON I AND SLACK R (2003) Mongo-lian and Lesser Sand Plovers: an identification over-view. Birding World 16:377–385
HIRSCHFELD E, ROSELAAR CS AND SHIRIHAI H (2000)Identification, taxonomy and distribution of Greaterand Lesser Sand Plover. British Birds 93:162–189
DEL HOYO J, ELLIOTT A AND SARGATAL J (1996) Hand-book of the birds of the world. Volume 3. Hoatzin to auks.Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
MARCHANT S AND HIGGINS P (1993) Handbook of Austra-lian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 2. Rap-tors to lapwings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
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Arnaud Le Nevé , Mauricio Manzione (2011). First record of the Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) in Argentina: a new species for the country and for South America. El Hornero, Vol. 26 No. 2 (2011), 177-180. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v26i2.690

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[1] AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION (1998) Check-list ofNorth American Birds. Seventh edition. AmericanOrnithologists’ Union, Washington DC

[2] COCONIER E (2007) Bahía de Samborombón y PuntaRasa. Pp. 46–47 in: DI GIACOMO AS, DE FRANCESCOMV AND COCONIER EG (eds) Áreas importantes parala conservación de las aves en Argentina. Sitios priorita-rios para la conservación de la biodiversidad. Revisedand corrected edition. Aves Argentinas/AsociaciónOrnitológica del Plata, Buenos Aires

[3] CRAMP S, SIMMONS KEL, BROOKS DJ, COLLAR NJ, DUNNE, GILLMOR R, HOLLOM PAD, HUDSON R, NICHOLSONEM, OGILVIE MA, OLNEY PJS, ROSELAAR CS, VOOUSKH, WALLACE DIM, WATTEL J AND WILSON MG (2001)Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East, andNorth Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic. Volume3. Waders to gulls. Oxford University Press, New York

[4] CROCHET P-A AND JOYNT G (2011) AERC list of WesternPalearctic birds. Association of European Records andRarities Committees, Kockelscheuer

[5] CROCHET P-A, RATY L, DE SMET G, ANDERSON B,BARTHEL PH, COLLINSON JM, DUBOIS PJ, HELBIG AJ,JIGUET F, JIRLE E, KNOX AG, LE MARÉCHAL P, PARKINDT, PONS J-M, ROSELAAR CS, SVENSSON L, VA N LOONAJ AND YÉSOU P (2010) AERC TAC’s taxonomic recommendations. July 2010. Association of Euro-pean Records and Rarities Committees, Kockel-scheuer

[6] CURTIS T (2007) First record of Lesser Sand Plover(Charadrius mongolus) in Florida. Florida Field Natu-ralist 35:26–29

[7] GARNER M, LEWINGTON I AND SLACK R (2003) Mongo-lian and Lesser Sand Plovers: an identification over-view. Birding World 16:377–385

[8] HIRSCHFELD E, ROSELAAR CS AND SHIRIHAI H (2000)Identification, taxonomy and distribution of Greaterand Lesser Sand Plover. British Birds 93:162–189

[9] DEL HOYO J, ELLIOTT A AND SARGATAL J (1996) Hand-book of the birds of the world. Volume 3. Hoatzin to auks.Lynx Edicions, Barcelona

[10] MARCHANT S AND HIGGINS P (1993) Handbook of Austra-lian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 2. Rap-tors to lapwings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne

[11] NAROSKY T AND YZURIETA D (2010) Birds of Argentinaand Uruguay. A field guide. Total edition. VázquezMazzini Editores, Buenos AiresPIZZEY G (1991) A field guide to the birds of Australia.Revised edition. Angus and Robertson, Sydney

[12] REMSEN JV JR, CADENA CD, JARAMILLO A, NORES M,PACHECO JF, PÉREZ-EMÁN J, ROBBINS MB, STILES FG,STOTZ DF AND ZIMMER KJ (2011) A classification of thebird species of South America. American Ornitholo-gists’ Union, Baton Rouge (URL: http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html)

[13] SCOTT DA AND CARBONELL ML (1986) A directory ofNeotropical wetlands. International Union for Con-servation of Nature and International WaterfowlResearch Bureu, Gland y Cambridge

[14] SMITH P (1991) The biology and management of waders(Suborder Charadrii) in NSW. New South Wales Na-tional Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney

[15] TAYLOR D AND MESSAGE S (2005) The waders of Europe,Asia and North America. Christopher Helm, London