Profile
In flight
Cranes & Waders
Kentish Plover
Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- rare
- 55 km/h
- Least Concern
A pale shore-runner whose nest is little more than a scrape in burning sand. Tide and footprint are forever its closest neighbors.
- Population
- approximately 130,000 to 270,000 mature individuals globally
- Habitat
- sandy beaches, saltpans, coastal mudflats, dry lake edges
- Diet
- small crustaceans, marine worms, insects, mollusks
- Size
- 0.16 m
- Wingspan
- 0.45 m
