Long-billed Plover
Thinornis placidus
- Family
- Plovers and Lapwings (Charadriidae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The long-billed plover (Thinornis placidus) is a species of wading bird in the family Charadriidae. It can be found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. The long-billed plover is a migratory bird, so it breeds and spends the winter in different parts of its range. This bird can often be spotted along the shores of rivers, streams, in wetlands, and rice fields.
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Range and habitat
Breeds riverine temperate eastern Asia from southeastern Siberia and Japan through eastern China, and disjunctly northeastern India; winters central Nepal eastward to Korean Peninsula and Taiwan, and southward to central Vietnam.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Long-billed plover
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
