Genus
Charadrius (Typical plovers)
Charadrius nivosus. Photo: (c) Mike Baird, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Charadrius is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. The name derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios, a bird found in river valleys (from kharadra, “ravine”). Some believed that seeing it cured jaundice.
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