Kentish Plover

Anarhynchus alexandrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Charadriidae — Plovers

Kentish Plover, Anarhynchus alexandrinus, is a plover found across the Palearctic, Africa and the Oriental Region, breeding on coasts and inland sites from the Palearctic into north and south Asia. In the non-breeding season it reaches the Sahel, west to east Africa, eastern China, the Indonesian Archipelago and the Philippines. It is a small wader in the family Charadriidae. The species uses saline lakes, lagoons, shores, sand dunes, marshes, semi-arid desert and tundra, and the male shows a dark, incomplete breast band with dark markings beside the head.

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae — Plovers
Breeding range: Palearctic, Africa, Oriental Region: widespread, coastal and inland s Palearctic to ne, s Asia
Nonbreeding range: to Sahel of wc to ec Africa through e China, Indonesian Arch. and Philippines