Three-banded Plover / Charadrius tricollaris
WBN 
Three-banded Plover
SCI Name:
Protonym: Charadrius tricollaris Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 27 p.147
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Charadriidae / Charadrius
Taxonomy Code: thbplo1
Type Locality: Africa, restricted type locality. Cape Town, Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 57.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
CHARADRIUS
(Charadriidae; Ϯ Ringed Plover C. hiaticula) Late L. charadrius yellowish bird mentioned in the Vulgate Bible (late 4th century) < Gr. χαραδριος kharadrios unknown plain-coloured nocturnal bird that dwelt in ravines and river valleys < χαραδρα kharadra ravine. According to some authors the sight of it was said to cure jaundice. Early identifications included the Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus; "79. CHARADRIUS. Rostrum teretiusculum, obtusum. Pedes tridactyli." (Linnaeus 1758); "Charadrius Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 150. Type, by tautonymy, Charadrius hiaticula Linné. (Charadrios s. Hiaticula Aldrovandus, prebinomial specific name in synonymy.)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 245). Linnaeus's Charadrius comprised eleven species (C. cristatus, C. Hiaticula, C. alexandrinus, C. vociferus, C. ægyptius, C. Morinellus, C. apricarius, C. Pluvialis, C. Oedicnemus, C. Himantopus, C. spinosus).
Var. Charadrias, Charadias.
Synon. Aegialeus, Aegialitis, Aegialophilus, Afraegialis, Afroxyechus, Cirrepidesmus, Eupoda, Eupodella, Helenaegialus, Hiaticula, Hyetoceryx, Leucopolius, Neocharadrius, Nesoceryx, Ochthodromus, Oxyechus, Pagoa, Pagolla, Paroxyechus, Pernettyva, Pipus, Pluviorhynchus, Podasocys, Zonibyx.
tricollaris
Mod. L. tricollaris three-collared, three-banded < L. tri- three- < tres three; collare, collaris neck-chain, collar.
SUBSPECIES
Three-banded Plover (African)
SCI Name: Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris
tricollaris
Mod. L. tricollaris three-collared, three-banded < L. tri- three- < tres three; collare, collaris neck-chain, collar.
Three-banded Plover (Madagascar)
SCI Name: Charadrius tricollaris bifrontatus
bifrontatus
L. bi- two- < bis twice; Mod. L. frontatus fronted, browed < L. frons, frontis brow, forehead.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
