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Kentish Plover; Chorlitejo Patinegro

Charadrius alexandrinus

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Field Notes

Description:

Female in pictures 3 & 4, male in 1, 2 & 5, and both in 6.

Habitat:

Coastal marshes

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Similar, but much smaller, more like your Piping, Snowy and Semi-palmated Plovers. All are in the same Charadrius Genus though. We have Ringed and Little Ringed here also.
HemaShah
looks so much like our kildeer.

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PublishedJune 28, 2013

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