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Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)

Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)

About Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Shorebirds and Allies
  • Family: Plovers

The Kentish plover is a small wader of the family Charadriidae that breeds on the shores of saline lakes, lagoons, and coasts, populating sand dunes, marshes, semi-arid desert, and tundra. Both male and female birds have pale plumages with a white underside, grey/brown back, dark legs and a dark bill; however, additionally the male birds also exhibit very dark incomplete breast bands, and dark markings either side of their head, therefore the Kentish plover is regarded as sexually dimorphic.

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  • 2013-02-02
    Pak Thale, Thailand
    Image from 2013-02-02
  • 2016-12-30
    Ras Al Khor, United Arab Emirates
  • 2017-01-15
    Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates
  • 2025-02-21
    Oued Massa, Morocco
    Image from 2025-02-21
  • 2025-03-02
    Playa Los Lances, Spain