The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Pluviorhynchus
(Charadriidae; syn. Anarhynchus † Red-breasted Plover A. obscurus) Genus Pluvialis Brisson, 1760, plover (cf. French Pluvier plover); Gr. ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "CHARADRIEÆ. ... 19. Pluviorhynchus, Bp. 40. obscurus, Gm. (glareola, Forst.) 41. mongolus, Pallas. (gularis, Wagler.)" (Bonaparte 1856); "Pluviorhynchus Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 43, 1856, p. 417. Type, by subsequent designation, Charadrius obscurus Gmelin (Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 24, 1896, p. 209)." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 245). It has recently been suggested that this monotypic genus be recognised and reinstated.
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