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White-fronted plover
| White-fronted plover | |
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| At iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Anarhynchus |
| Species: | A. marginatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anarhynchus marginatus (Vieillot, 1818)
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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 together during the following years of breeding and retain the same territory. The white-fronted plover has a similar appearance to the Kentish plover, with a white fore crown and dark bands connecting the eyes to the bill.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Charadrius marginatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693828A93425312. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693828A93425312.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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