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Forbes's plover

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Forbes's plover
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Charadrius
Species:
C. forbesi
Binomial name
Charadrius forbesi
(Shelley, 1883)

Forbes's plover (Charadrius forbesi) or Forbes's banded plover is a small wader. This plover is resident in much of west Africa, mainly on inland rivers, pools and lakes. Its nest is a scrape lined with small pebbles in rocky uplands. After breeding in the wet season, this bird moves to open grasslands, including airfields and golf courses, in the dry season. It is sometimes seen at pools or reservoirs.

The adult Forbes's plover is 20 cm in length. It has long wings and a long tail, and therefore looks different from most other small plovers in flight, the exception being the closely related three-banded plover which replaces it in eastern and southern Africa and Madagascar.

The breeding adult has dark brown upperparts, and the underparts are white except for the two black breast bands, separated by a white band, which give this species its common and scientific names. The head is strikingly patterned, with a black crown, brown forehead, white supercilia extending from above the eyes to meet on the back of the neck, and a grey face. The eye ring and the base of the otherwise black bill are red. The sexes are similar.

In non-breeding adults, the breast bands may be dark brown, and the supercilia buff-tinged. Juveniles resemble the non-breeding adult, but are duller.

This species is larger and darker than the three-banded plover. The latter species also has a white forehead and a white wingbar.

Forbes's plover is often seen as single individuals, but may form small flocks. It hunts by sight for insects, worms and other invertebrates. It has a piping peee-oo call.

This species was named for the British zoologist William Alexander Forbes.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Charadrius forbesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693807A93424175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693807A93424175.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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