Madagascar Plover (Anarhynchus thoracicus)

About Madagascar Plover (Anarhynchus thoracicus)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Birds
• Order: Shorebirds and Allies
• Family: Plovers

Type for Charadrius thoracicus
Catalog Number: USNM 151174
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds
Sex/Stage: Female; Adult
Preparation: Skin: Whole
Collector(s): W. Abbott
Year Collected: 1895
Locality: Loholoka, E Coast Between Faraony (At Lat 21~ 50' S) and Namorona Rivers, Madagascar, Indian Ocean
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds