Caspian Plover

Anarhynchus asiaticus (Pallas, 1773)

58 cmWingspan

In summer, the male has a chestnut breast patch edged with black below.

Most records: Kenya, United Arab Emirates, Uganda

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Conspicuous white supercilium
Slender, long bill
Male has a chestnut breast edged with black below in summer
Male has a white face and belly in summer

Male, female and young

The male has a chestnut breast edged with black below in summer; the female may have a slight chestnut tinge to the breast in summer.

Voice

A short, sharp call like “chip”.

Where and when it's recorded

Most records: Kenya, United Arab Emirates, Uganda

Caspian Plover has been recorded at 154 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 32 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Maasai Mara NRKenya72 records
Taukum DesertKazakhstan69 records
Dubai Pivot FieldsUnited Arab Emirates69 records

More places

Amboseli NPKenya59 records
Eilat – KM20 Flamingo Pools 20Israel55 records
Al Jahra Reserve (Restricted access)Kuwait50 records
Mpempe PanSouth Africa48 records
Liuwa Plain NPZambia47 records
Wamm FarmsUnited Arab Emirates41 records
Naboisho ConservancyKenya40 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Kenya United Arab Emirates Uganda Kazakhstan South Africa Tanzania Zambia Israel

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Caspian plover (Anarhynchus asiaticus) is a wader in the plover family of birds. The specific asiaticus is Latin and means "Asian", although in binomials it usually means the type locality was India.

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Questions

Where does the Caspian Plover live?

Its breeding range: Palearctic: temperate inland Central Asia: southwestern Russia, Kazakhstan (except northern), Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to northwestern Xinjiang (northwestern China). It is most often recorded in Kenya, United Arab Emirates and Uganda.

Is the Caspian Plover endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Caspian Plover as Least Concern.

What family is the Caspian Plover in?

It belongs to the family Plovers (Charadriidae), order Charadriiformes.

At a glance

Wingspan: 58 cm
Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Palearctic: temperate inland Central Asia: southwestern Russia, Kazakhstan (except northern), Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to northwestern Xinjiang (northwestern China)

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2