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title: "Long-billed Plover"
description: "Thinornis placidus — Aves. The long-billed plover (Thinornis placidus) is a species of wading bird in the family Charadriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/long-billed-plover
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-billed Plover

> Thinornis placidus — Aves. The long-billed plover (Thinornis placidus) is a species of wading bird in the family Charadriidae.

- Scientific name: *Thinornis placidus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 2841
- iNaturalist taxon: [1580337](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1580337)

## Names

- en: Long-billed Plover
- de: Ussuriregenpfeifer
- es: Chorlitejo Piquilargo
- fr: Pluvier à long bec

## Countries with the most observations

KR (468), JP (383), CN (256), RU (130), IN (47), TH (27), TW (26), HK (5)

## Summary

The long-billed plover (Thinornis placidus) is a species of wading bird in the family Charadriidae. It can be found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. The long-billed plover is a migratory bird, so it breeds and spends the winter in different parts of its range. This bird can often be spotted along the shores of rivers, streams, in wetlands, and rice fields. It forages on the shoreline primarily for aquatic insects, insect larvae, and other invertebrates…

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

## Photo

![Long-billed Plover](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-billed-plover/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134716837

## Machine access

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