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Kittlitz's Plover

Anarhynchus pecuarius

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) cmbeale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 177, February 124, March 126, April 123, May 77, June 60, July 67, August 84, September 105, October 102, November 134, December 128.
South Africa1,307
Western Cape859
Kenya223
KwaZulu-Natal142
Kajiado141
Tanzania123
Eastern Cape103
Arusha84
Limpopo76
Madagascar75

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderShorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes
FamilyPlovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
GenusSand Plovers and Allies · Anarhynchus

Sources

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