Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Plovers and Lapwings :: Kittlitz's Plover

Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius

Described by: Temminck (1823)
Alternate common name(s): Kittlitz's Sandplover
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Location unknown - Date unknown © Dan Marsh  Amboseli National Park, Kenya - Jun 13, 2009 © Glen Tepke  Nairobi National Park, Kenya - Jan 30, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste  South Africa - Date unknown © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania - 1995 © Stein Nilsen 
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Range

Egypt and Africa s. of the Sahara;
Highly fragmented distribution;
S. Mauritania, s. Mali, Senegambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Niger, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Central African Republic, Lake Chad, ne Egypt in the lower the Nile Valley, c. Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, s. Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Cape Province). Madagascar.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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