Siberian Sand Plover

Charadrius mongolus (Pallas, 1776) Euring code not available.
Family: Charadriiformes > Charadriidae

Siberian Sand Plover is a very rare vagrant to the UK.

Formerly a subspecies of ‘Lesser Sand Plover’, this taxon was only recognised as a full species following genetic analysis in 2022 (see the Changes page for details). At the time of the review there were six previous UK records of ‘Lesser Sand Plover’ of which four were of the form now recognised as Siberian Sand Plover.

Siberian Sand Plover breeds on coastal plains in northeast Siberia, reaching into Alaska. It winters around the coasts of Southeast Asia and Australia.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
95 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
95 records

BTO RECORDS

95 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
95 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Siberian Sand Plover, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: Corriol mongol
Czech: kulík menší
Dutch: Mongolsk Præstekrave
Finnish: ylänkötylli
French: Pluvier de Mongolie
German: Mongolenregenpfeifer
Hungarian: tibeti lile
Icelandic: Hjarðlóa
Italian: Corriere della Mongolia
Lithuanian: mongolinis kirlikas
Norwegian: mongollo
Polish: sieweczka syberyjska
Portuguese: Borrelho-mongol
Slovak: kulík krátkozobý
Spanish: Chorlitejo mongol chico
Swedish: kamtjatkapipare

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