---
title: "Chorlitejo Tibetano"
description: "Anarhynchus atrifrons — Aves. The Tibetan sand plover (Anarhynchus atrifrons) is a small wader in the plover family of birds, breeds in Pamir Mountains, Tian Shan, Tibetan Plateau and south Mongolia, winters in east and south Africa, south, east and southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/tibetan-sand-plover
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chorlitejo Tibetano

> Anarhynchus atrifrons — Aves. The Tibetan sand plover (Anarhynchus atrifrons) is a small wader in the plover family of birds, breeds in Pamir Mountains, Tian Shan, Tibetan Plateau and south Mongolia, winters in east and south Africa, south, east and southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Anarhynchus atrifrons*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos), `mountains` (Montañas)
- iNaturalist observations: 5456
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505780](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505780)

## Names

- en: Tibetan Sand-Plover
- de: Tibetregenpfeifer
- es: Chorlitejo Tibetano
- fr: Pluvier du Tibet

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1705), TH (703), SG (381), LK (219), MY (177), ID (78), QA (67), CN (66), AE (50), VN (50), OM (40), BH (38)

## Summary

The Tibetan sand plover (Anarhynchus atrifrons) is a small wader in the plover family of birds, breeds in Pamir Mountains, Tian Shan, Tibetan Plateau and south Mongolia, winters in east and south Africa, south, east and southeast Asia.

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

## Photo

![Chorlitejo Tibetano](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tibetan-sand-plover/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202642223

## Machine access

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