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  • White-fronted Plover, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) simben, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

  • White-fronted Plover, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Rails and roadtrips, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • White-fronted Plover, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Peter Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • White-fronted Plover, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Rails and roadtrips, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • White-fronted Plover, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Rails and roadtrips, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • White-fronted Plover, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Andre Harmse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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White-fronted Plover

Anarhynchus marginatus

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About

The white-fronted plover or white-fronted sandplover (Charadrius marginatus) is a small (45-50 g) shorebird of the family Charadriidae that inhabits sandy beaches, dunes, mudflats and the shores of rivers and lakes in sub-saharan Africa and Madagascar. It nests in small shallow scrapes in the ground and lays clutches of one to three eggs. The species is monogamous and long-lived, with a life expectancy of approximately 12 years. The vast majority of pairs that mate together stay...

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