Kentish plover
charadrius alexandrinus latin

The bird resembles the Kentish Plover with which it has been much confused.

"Their Kentish plover is sure as heck found way outside of Kent.")

Their Kentish plover is our snowy plover.

The Kentish Plover's upperparts are greyish brown and the underparts white in all plumages.

It is named for the Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus.

The most notable ones are the flamingo, Kentish plover in the Bengazi Reserve.

The Kentish Plover, which lays its eggs on the ground, lures attackers away from the eggs.

Eurasian Stone-curlew, kentish plover, spur-winged lapwing and little tern also breed in the area.

Other birds making their homes in the delta include grey herons, Kentish Plovers, shovelers and cormorants.

In winter, the adults lose the distinctive face pattern and resemble Kentish Plovers, but they are smaller, longer-legged and longer-billed.

Like a small Kentish Plover, with longer bill, sandy crown, white nape, no dark band on pale rufous breast, and dark line backward from eye.

The Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) is a small wader in the plover bird family.

KENTISH PLOVER Charadnus alexandrinus.

The sandbank is also important as a breeding and feeding area for Ringed Plovers, Kentish Plovers, Little Terns and other bird species.

Slano Kopovo is a favourable environment for cranes, ducks, geese and waders as well as Pied Avocet and Kentish Plover.

The species is closely related to (and sometimes considered conspecific with) the Kentish Plover, Javan Plover and White-fronted Plover.

The Kentish Plover is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

The White-faced Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) is a subspecies of the Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), found in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

Common Eider, Common Shelduck, Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Little Tern, Kentish Plover and Ringed Plover nest on the island.

"At least three buff-breasted sandpipers were reported and singles of broad-billed sandpiper and Kentish plover in Cumbria, spotted sandpiper in Buckinghamshire, and lesser yellowlegs and great snipe in Norfolk," he says.

The insulating factor of nest lining is apparently so critical to egg survival that some species, including Kentish Plovers, will restore experimentally altered levels of insulation to their pre-adjustment levels (adding or subtracting material as necessary) within 24 hours.

Three viewing stations, just off the highway, provide telescopes through which visitors can gaze at dozens of bird species, including flamingoes, Kentish plovers, white egrets, gray and longbeak herons and Caspian terns, all against the backdrop of the Dubai skyline.

The Marismas de Guadalquivir region of Andalusia and the Salinas de Cádiz are especially rich in wintering wading birds: Kentish Plover, Ringed Plover, Sanderling, and Black-tailed Godwit in addition to the others.

The list includes details on the splitting of Water Rail, Whimbrel, and Kentish Plover to sub species level; making Calbot Tern a separate species and changing the genus of the European Greenfinch from Carduelis to Chloris.

Although it was long considered to be a subspecies of the Kentish Plover, recent genetic research strongly suggests it should be regarded as a distinct species, and both the American Ornithologists' Union and the International Ornithological Congress recognise it as such.

The western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus syn.

It is named for the Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus.

Scolopacidae, plover such as calidris alpina, charadrius alexandrinus and such hibernates here too.

The Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) is a small wader in the plover bird family.

Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)

Off-road vehicle use partially conflicts with habitat of the Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) and it is alleged that this directly correlates with a decrease in reproductive success.

Other important bird species are the Grus grus, Charadrius alexandrinus, Larus ridibundus, Himantopus himantopus, Burhinus oedicnemus, Hoplopterus spinosus, Oenanthe cypriaca and Sylvia melanothorax.

The number of Western Snowy plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) nesting in the ponds in spring improved after active management began in 1995 by the Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science group.

The White-faced Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus) is a subspecies of the Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), found in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

The grass is invasive in the local ecosystems, forming dense monotypic stands that crowd out native vegetation, reduce species diversity of native arthropods, and cover vital open stretches of sand used for nesting by the threatened Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus).