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
