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The grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola) belongs to the family Charadriidae under the order Charadriiformes.
Grey plover taxonomy
The family Charadriidae was first described by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1820.The family Charadriidae comprises two subfamilies, viz., Vanellinae and Charadriinae. The subfamily Charadriinae was described by William Elford Leach in the year 1820. This subfamily comprises eight genera, viz., Pluvialis, Charadrius, Thinornis, Elseyornis, Peltohyas, Anarhynchus, Phegornis and Oreopholus.
The genus Pluvialis was first introduced by Mathurin Jacques Brisson (30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806), a French zoologist and natural philosopher, in the year 1760.
The genus Pluvialis comprises four species, namely, Pluvialis apricaria, Pluvialis fulva, Pluvialis dominica and Pluvialis squatarola. The species Pluvialis squatarola is polytypic and comprises three subspecies.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Species: | P. squatarola |
| Genus: | Pluvialis |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Grey plover - Pluvialis squatarola 307 Image by Dick Daniels |
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| 2.Grey plover - Pluvialis squatarola Image by Hans Hillewaert |
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| 3.Grey plover - Pluvialis squatarola Image by Andrea Westmoreland |
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| 4.Grey plover - Pluvialis squatarola Image by Dick Daniels |
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| 5.Grey plover - Pluvialis squatarola Image by Dawn Beattie |
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| 6.Grey plover - Pluvialis squatarola Image by Dick Daniels |
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| 7.Grey plover - Pluvialis squatarola Image by Andrea Westmoreland |
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| 8.Grey plover - Pluvialis squatarola Image by Alpsdake |
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| 9.Grey plover - Pluvialis squatarola Image by Didier Descouens |
1.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black-bellied_Plover_(Pluvialis_squatarola)_RWD.jpg (cropped)
Author: Dick Daniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pluvialis_squatarola_(summer_plumage).jpg (cropped)
Author: Hans Hillewaert | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_pauline/4604780025/ (cropped)
Author: Andrea Westmoreland | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 2/3/18
4.Image source: commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: Dick Daniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics4dawn/5087680473/ (cropped)
Author: Dawn Beattie | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 2/3/18
6.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Dick Daniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_pauline/4604767581/ (cropped)
Author: Andrea Westmoreland | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 2/3/18
8.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pluvialis_squatarola_eating_crab.JPG (cropped)
Author: Alpsdake | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
9.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pluvialis_squatarola_MHNT.jpg (cropped)
Author: Didier Descouens | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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