White-fronted Plover

Anarhynchus marginatus - Gravelot à front blanc Pluvier à front blanc

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Charadriidés
Genus
:
Anarhynchus
Species
:
marginatus

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1818

Biometrics

Size
: 18 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 42 à 55 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-fronted Plover (Anarhynchus marginatus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Anarhynchus marginatus marginatus (sw Angola to sw South Africa)
Anarhynchus marginatus mechowi (Africa south of the Sahara south to n Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe and n Mozambique)
Anarhynchus marginatus arenaceus (s Mozambique to s South Africa)
Anarhynchus marginatus tenellus (Madagascar)

Foreign names

Gravelot à front blanc,
Chorlitejo frentiblanco,
borrelho-de-testa-branca,
Weißstirn-Regenpfeifer,
fehérhomlokú lile,
Vale Strandplevier,
Corriere frontebianca,
vitpannad strandpipare,
Strandlo,
kulík bieločelý,
kulík proměnlivý,
Sandpræstekrave,
hietatylli,
Vaalstrandkiewiet,
corriol de front blanc,
sieweczka białoczelna,
Белолобый зуёк,
シロビタイチドリ,
白额沙鸻,
vitpannad strandpipare,
白額沙鴴,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Salt Exploitation Sites