---
title: "Greater Sand-Plover"
description: "Anarhynchus leschenaultii — Birds. The greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/greater-sand-plover
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greater Sand-Plover

> Anarhynchus leschenaultii — Birds. The greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds.

- Scientific name: *Anarhynchus leschenaultii*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4572
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505629](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505629)

## Names

- en: Greater Sand-Plover
- de: Wüstenregenpfeifer
- es: Chorlitejo Mongol Grande
- fr: Pluvier de Leschenault

## Countries with the most observations

AU (654), TW (407), CN (267), IN (264), TH (220), HK (162), ID (152), RU (105), EG (85), IL (84), ZA (78), KZ (60)

## Summary

The greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is often given as "greater sandplover" or "greater sand-plover", but the official IOC and British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "Greater Sand Plover". The specific leschenaultii commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour. Like most other species in the genus Anarhynchus, it was until recently included in the genus Charadrius.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_sand_plover

## Photo

![Greater Sand-Plover](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-sand-plover/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271192417

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-sand-plover?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).