The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
1
3
62
journal article
298463
10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409
2513-9894
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805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D
**GREATER SAND PLOVER
Charadrius leschenaultii
#
Range
C. l.
leschenaultii
Biak, Owi.
Status
Palearctic migrant. Despite being a common Palearctic migrant to the New
Guinea
region (Bishop 2006) only three records from Biak.
14 February 1954
: two collected by Hoogerheide at Mokmer, south coast (
Junge 1956
);
9 and 11 January 1997
: two with a Lesser Sand Plover on the coast near Marauw (SvB);
13 January 1994
: five on Owi (P. Gregory
in litt
. 2000).