. "IUCN3.1" . "The greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as \"greater sandplover\" or \"greater sand-plover\", but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is \"Greater Sand Plover\".It breeds in the semi-deserts of Turkey and eastwards through Central Asia. It nests in a bare ground scrape. This species is strongly migratory, wintering on sandy beaches in east Africa, south Asia and Australasia."@en . . . . . . . "LC" . . .