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Kentish Plover

சின்ன உப்புக்கொத்தி

Anarhynchus alexandrinus

Least concern

Kentish Plover
Original: Davidvraju, edit: MPF · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overview

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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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Kentish plover — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): சின்ன உப்புக்கொத்தி — CC BY-SA 4.0