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Threebanded plover

Charadrius tricollaris

Description:

The Threebanded plover is a small wader. This plover is resident in much of eastern and southern Africa and Madagascar, mainly on inland rivers, pools, and lakes. Its nest is a bare scrape on shingle. This species is often seen as single individuals, but it will form small flocks. It hunts by sight for insects, worms and other invertebrates

Habitat:

Muddy shore of a waterhole

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7 Comments

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Whoops! haha, thank you very much for that Jellis! Will change the mistake right away :D

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

Three-banded Sandplover Charadrius tricollaris

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

Nice shot, but I think you meant Plover not Plower

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Thank you very much Soumya :)

SoumyaRanjanMohanty
SoumyaRanjanMohanty 10 years ago

Nice Post.................

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Thank you mac, you are so kind!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Nice series Tz

Tiz
Spotted by
Tiz

Nkomazi Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Spotted on Sep 9, 2013
Submitted on Feb 12, 2014

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