Back زقزاق أحمر الرأس Arabic زقزاق احمر الراس ARZ Charadrius ruficapillus Bulgarian Corriol cap-roig Catalan Charadrius ruficapillus CEB Kulík rezavotemenný Czech Cwtiad gwargoch Welsh Charadrius ruficapillus Spanish Charadrius ruficapillus Basque سلیم کلاهقرمز Persian
| Red-capped plover | |
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| Male in breeding plumage | |
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| Female in breeding plumage | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Anarhynchus |
| Species: | A. ruficapillus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anarhynchus ruficapillus (Temminck, 1821)
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The red-capped plover (Anarhynchus ruficapillus), also known as the red-capped dotterel, is a small species of plover.
It breeds in Australia. This species is closely related to (and sometimes considered conspecific with) the Kentish plover, Javan plover, and white-fronted plover.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Charadrius ruficapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693832A93425838. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693832A93425838.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.