Kittlitz's plover

Kittlitz's plover
At iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Anarhynchus
Species:
A. pecuarius
Binomial name
Anarhynchus pecuarius
(Temminck, 1823)

Kittlitz's plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius) is a small shorebird (35-40 g) in the family Charadriidae that breeds near coastal and inland saltmarshes, sandy or muddy riverbanks or alkaline grasslands with short vegetation. It is native to much of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Nile Delta and Madagascar. It is thought to be mainly polygamous and has monomorphic plumage.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Charadrius pecuarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693793A93423518. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693793A93423518.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.