Kittlitz’s Plover
Charadrius pecuarius
Wetlands. Light brown above with white and black bands around head and throat; belly white; breast buff.
Allies, Plovers, Snipes
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common and widespread resident. Distinguished by black mask and forecrown, white band encircling back of neck and yellow-buff breast. Immature lacks black mask and forecrown and yellow breast. Distinguished from the similar Lesser Sand Plover mainly by white collar, darker upper parts and habitat. In-flight call of adult is ‘tip-peep’; also utters a trilling ‘trit-tritritritritrit’. Found at the edges of inland waters, coastal estuaries, open ground and airfields.
Quick Facts
Size
16 cm - S
Names
A: Geelborsstrandkiewiet
Z: umatatazela
Ss: Mororwane Wa Sehubasehla
G: Hirtenregenpfeifer
Bird Family
Terrestrial and waterside birds. Large plovers are long-legged and stand erect; small plovers and most shorebirds hold their bodies horizontally, postures hunched.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
