Kentish plover
noun
1- a small white-breasted plover related to the ringed plover, found on most continents环颈鸻。
1.1
- Charadrius alexandrinus, family Charadriidae; American races are sometimes treated as a different species. North American name: snowy plover.拉丁名Charadrius alexandrinus,鸻科; 美国品种有时被认为是一个不同种。北美名:snowy plover.
词源
early 19th cent.: so named because of its first discovery in Kent, but now extinct in Britain.