Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)

Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)

About Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Birds
Order: Shorebirds and Allies
Family: Plovers

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.

Source: Wikipedia