Anarhynchus is a genus of plovers formerly placed in the genus Charadrius.
1/ Greater sand plover (Choi choi lưng hung, Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
The specific leschenaultii commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.
2/ Kentish plover (Choi choi cổ khoang, Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
3/ Malaysian plover (Choi choi lưng đen, Anarhynchus peronii)
4/ Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus)
The specific mongolus is Latin and refers to Mongolia, which at the time of naming referred to a larger area than the present country.
The species was previously known as "lesser sand plover".
5/ Oriental plover (Anarhynchus veredus), also known as the oriental dotterel
Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").
The genus name is from Ancient Greek ana meaning "backward", and rhunkhos meaning "bill".











