Greater sand plover (Choi choi lưng hung, Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
The greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds.
The bird breeds in the semi-deserts of Turkey and eastwards through Central Asiae. This species is strongly migratory, wintering on sandy beaches in East Africa, South Asia and Australasia.
Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").
The genus name is from Ancient Greek ana meaning "backward", and rhunkhos meaning "bill".











