Tibetan Sand Plover
Charadrius atrifrons Wagler, 1829 (0, 3)
Photo © By Vedant Raju Kasambe - Vedant Raju Kasambe -my son, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90063256
STATUS
Inland central Asia and Tibetan Plateau. Polytypic: three races - atrifrons, pamirensis and schaeferi.
OVERVIEW
The IOC (v. 13.2) split Lessser Sand Plover (2023) into two species: Tibetan Sand Plover and Mongolian Sand Plover.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1997 Sussex Pagham Harbour, adult, 14th to 16th August, photo, C. m. atrifrons group of races.
(T. Edwards, Birding World 10 (8): 294-297, plates 1-8; Birding World 10 (12): 468, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 92: 570, plates 207, 208 & 236; J. Hunt, British Birds 93: 435-441, plates 242-247; BOURC (1999), Ibis 141: 177; Birding World 16 (9): 384, plate 11; BOURC (2024), Ibis 166: 350).
2). 2002 Lincolnshire Rimac, female, 11th to 15th May, photo, C. m. atrifrons group of races.
(Birding World 15 (5): 181, photo; M. Tarrant & B. Clarkson, Birding World 15 (5): 212-218, plates 1-7, 12-13; Birding World 15 (12): 512, photo; British Birds 95: plates 228 & 229; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 96: 566, plate 348; Birding World 16 (9): 384, plate 12; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 103: 584).
3). 2022 Kent Cliffe Pools, 2CY+, male, 1st September, photo.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 562).
