Semipalmated plover
| Semipalmated plover | |
|---|---|
| Breeding plumage in Heislerville, New Jersey. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Charadrius |
| Species: | C. semipalmatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Charadrius hiaticula semipalmatus | |
The semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) is a small plover. Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific semipalmatus is Latin and comes from semi, "half" and palma, "palm". Like the English name, this refers to its only partially webbed feet.