Stock Photo: Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus Alexandrinus) In Search Of Worms On A Beach : (Pix Sanjiv Shukla)
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Kentish plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus) 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 have pale plumage with a white underside, grey brown back, dark legs and a dark bill. Males also exhibit very dark incomplete breast bands, and dark markings either side of their head.
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