Class:
Aves
Family:
Charadriidae
Common Name:
White-fronted Plover
Genus:
Charadrius
Species Name:
marginatus
About The White-fronted Plover
Length: 16-18 cm. Plumage: above brown or rufous brown; below white tinged buffy or tawny; faint rufous patches on sides of chest; forehead white continuous with superciliary stripe; forecrown black; thin black line through eye. Immature paler brown above, pure white below; no black band on forehead . Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill black; feet and legs black or grey. Habitat: sandy beaches of both marine and inland waters. Breeds in eastern Africa. <389><391><393>
Rights Holder: WoRMS for SMEBD
Bibliographic Citation: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
Trips Where Observed
Africa: Eastern and Southern
Madagascar
Member Lifelists
Africa
World
Sites Where Observed
