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Kentish_plover

Kentish plover

English

Charadrius alexandrinus

Wikispecies

Noun

Kentish plover (plural Kentish plovers)

  1. Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wader that breeds in a wide range, from southern Europe to Japan and in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern United States and the Caribbean, but not including Kent.

References

  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276