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Kentish plover

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The Kentish plover is a small wader in the family Charadriidae that breeds on the shores of saline lakes, lagoons and coasts, and can also be found in sand dunes, marshes, semi-arid desert and tundra. Both sexes have pale plumage with a white underside and a grey-brown back, dark legs and a dark bill, but males additionally show dark, incomplete breast bands and dark markings on the sides of the head, making the species sexually dimorphic. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Charadrius alexandrinus 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Sources
1. Kentish plover (Wikipedia)
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    The Kentish plover is a small wader in the family Charadriidae that breeds on the shores of saline lakes, lagoons and coasts, and can also be found in sand dunes, marshes, semi-arid desert and tundra.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
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2. Kentish plover (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q18855 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
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