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Kentish plover

Charadrius alexandrinus

Photo by Dangermouse
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Field Notes

Description:

Dumpy, pale-looking pliver. Adult has sandy brown back separated from brown cap and nape by white collar. Black markings on either side of neck form incomplete collar.

Habitat:

Favours coastal areas, especially saltpans, brackish lagoons and estuaries.

Notes:

Not a brilliant shot, but the only one I could get. I think they are a plover of some kind, and I would guess from size and markings at a Kentish plover. Photographed in the Rio Formosa National Park, on salt flats.

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Comments (2)
Dangermouse
Thanks. :) It was calm so early in the morning - best time to go spotting these kinds of birds! Also saw stilts, dunlins and flamingos (photos of those spottings are up here too). Would have preferred a clearer photo, but the sunrise lighting won out for me!
LauraMaria
Really lovely, Dangermouse! I love plovers, their faces are sweet :) This is such a serene, calm photo... really nice and chilled!

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