---
title: "Siberian Sand-Plover"
description: "Anarhynchus mongolus — Ptaki. The Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) is a small wader in the plover family of birds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/siberian-sand-plover
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Siberian Sand-Plover

> Anarhynchus mongolus — Ptaki. The Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) is a small wader in the plover family of birds.

- Scientific name: *Anarhynchus mongolus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 3262
- Wikidata: [Q137161769](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137161769)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505781](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505781)

## Names

- en: Siberian Sand-Plover
- de: Mongolenregenpfeifer
- es: Chorlitejo siberiano
- fr: Pluvier de Mongolie

## Countries with the most observations

AU (478), RU (284), TW (274), KR (167), CN (144), JP (129), US (121), HK (30), PH (30), ID (13), GU (7), MP (6)

## Summary

The Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The International Ornithologists' Union split the Tibetan sand plover from the lesser sand plover and changed its vernacular name to Siberian sand plover. The specific mongolus is  Latin and refers to Mongolia, which at the time of naming referred to a larger area than the present country.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/370519858

## Machine access

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