Javan Plover
The taxonomic status of the Javan Plover Charadrius javanicus (Chasen 1938) is unclear, and it may not merit the status of a full species. However, different authors associate it with different species, and it has sometimes been treated as a race of Kentish Plover C. alexandrinus, or Red-capped Plover C. ruficapillus or Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii (Piersma & Wiersma 1996). Tentatively Javan Plover is a distinct species (Piersma & Wiersma 1996), and this treatment has been followed by most recent authors (e.g. BirdLife International 2011, Inskipp et al. 1996, Mackinnon et al. 1998, Sukmantoro et al. 2007, Wetland International 2006).
Javan Plover
The taxonomic status of the Javan Plover Charadrius javanicus (Chasen 1938) is unclear, and it may not merit the status of a full species. However, different authors associate it with different species, and it has sometimes been treated as a race of Kentish Plover C. alexandrinus, or Red-capped Plover C. ruficapillus or Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii (Piersma & Wiersma 1996). Tentatively Javan Plover is a distinct species (Piersma & Wiersma 1996), and this treatment has been followed by most recent authors (e.g. BirdLife International 2011, Inskipp et al. 1996, Mackinnon et al. 1998, Sukmantoro et al. 2007, Wetland International 2006).