Adult Madagascar plover at Tsimanampetsotsa National Park
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Charadriidae
Genus:
Anarhynchus
Species:
A. thoracicus
Binomial name
Anarhynchus thoracicus
(Richmond, 1896)
The Madagascar plover (Anarhynchus thoracicus), also known as the black-banded plover, is a small (37 g) monogamous shorebird in the family Charadriidae, native to western Madagascar. It inhabits shores of lagoons, coastal grasslands, and breeds in salt marshes. These plovers mainly nest in open grassland and dry mudflats surrounding alkaline lakes.[2][3] The species is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN because of its low breeding success, slow reproductive rate, and weak adaptation to increasing habitat loss, leading to declining population numbers.[1][3]
^ abBirdLife International (2016). "Charadrius thoracicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693780A93422870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693780A93422870.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^Long, P.R., Zefania, S., ffrench-Constant, R.H. and Székely, T. (2008) ‘Estimating the population size of an endangered shorebird, the Madagascar plover, using a habitat suitability model’, Animal Conservation, 11(2), pp. 118–127
^ abZefania, S., ffrench-Constant, R., Long, P. and Szekely, T. (2008) ‘Breeding distribution and ecology of the threatened Madagascar Plover Charadrius thoracicus’, Ostrich, 79(1), pp. 43–51
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