Egyptian Plover

Egyptian Plover / Pluvianus aegyptius

Egyptian Plover

Here the details of the Egyptian Plover named bird below:

SCI Name:  Pluvianus aegyptius
Protonym:  Charadrius aegyptius Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.150
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Pluvianidae /
Taxonomy Code:  egyplo1
Type Locality:  Egypt.
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Publish Year:  1758
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DEFINITIONS

PLUVIANUS
(Pluvianidae; Ϯ Egyptian Plover P. aegyptius) French name “Pluvian du Sénégal” given to the Egyptian Plover by d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 918  < Pluvier  plover; "206. PLUVIAN, Pluvianus. Charadrius, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec épais à la base, comprimé vers le milieu, pointu; mandibule supérieure fléchie en arc.— Doigts grêles.  Esp. Pluvian, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Pluvianus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 55. Type, by monotypy, "Pluvian" Buffon = Charadrius aegyptius Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 298).
Var. Plurianus.
Synon. Ammoptila, Cheilodromas, Hyas, Typanus.

aegyptius
L. Aegyptius  Egyptian  < Gr. Αιγυπτιος Aiguptios  Egyptian.
● ex “Houhou d’Égypte” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Egyptian Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (subsp. Centropus senegalensis).
● "79. CHARADRIUS.  ...  ægyptius.  5. C. fascia pectorali nigra, superciliis albis, rectricibus apice albis fascia nigra, pedibus cæruleis.  Charadrius ægyptius. Hasselq. iter. 256. n. 31.  Habitat in Ægypti apricis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pluvianus).