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Magellanic Plover

Pluvianellus socialis

Classification

Class
Aves

The Magellanic plover (Pluvianellus socialis) is a rare wader endemic to southernmost South America. Taxonomy It was long placed in with the other plovers in the family Charadriidae; however, behavioural evidence suggested they were distinct, and molecular studies confirmed this, suggesting that they are actually more closely related to the sheathbills, a uniquely Antarctic family. As such it is now placed in its own family, Pluvianellidae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Argentina · 2,107Chile · 1,179Uruguay · 25