NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula), near Orkelsjoen, in the mountains above Oppdal, Norway
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Open encyclopedia reference
The common ringed plover, great ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It breeds across much of northern Eurasia, as well as Greenland.
Wikipedia contributors, Common ringed plover; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:46:54.800358+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758
- Name authority
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- Common Ringed Plover
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Charadrius
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderCharadriiformes
- familyCharadriidae Leach, 1820
- genusCharadrius Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesCharadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Charadrius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tibetan Sand PloverCharadrius atrifrons Wagler, 1829 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Double-banded PloverCharadrius bicinctus Jardine & Selby, 1827 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Collared PloverCharadrius collaris Vieillot, 1818 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Two-banded PloverCharadrius falklandicus Latham, 1790 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forbes's PloverCharadrius forbesi (Shelley, 1883) | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan PloverCharadrius javanicus Chasen, 1938 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-banded PloverCharadrius pallidus Strickland, 1853 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malaysian PloverCharadrius peronii Schlegel, 1865 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-billed PloverCharadrius placidus J. E. Gray & G. R. Gray, 1863 | CharadriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)
North America
Oceania
Southern Asia
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=176504 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:TMWY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.