Kentish plover (Choi choi cổ khoang, Anarhynchus alexandrinus) 

The Kentish plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus) is a small wader of the family Charadriidae.
This bird has a large geographical distribution from North Africa, Central Asia, China, and Europe.


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".