Plovers (Charadriidae)
Kittlitz's Plover (Charadrius pecuarius) - HBW 3, p. 428
French: Pluvier pâtre
German: Hirtenregenpfeifer
Spanish: Chorlitejo Pecuario
Other common names: Kittlitz's Sandplover
Taxonomy: Charadrius pecuarius Temminck, 1823, Cape of Good Hope.
Probably best considered to form superspecies with C. thoracicus and C. sanctaehelenae; often considered conspecific with latter (see page 406). Various races have been proposed: allenbyi (Egypt), isabellinus (Egypt to Zaire, Kenya), tephricolor (SW Africa and N Botswana); but variation is slight, overlapping and mainly clinal, and reported sample sizes are too small. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Egypt; Africa S of Sahara; Madagascar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in non-breeding plumage standing Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 5 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
An immature foraging Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 51 sec 4.3 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage standing and running Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 5 years ago 18 sec 4.1 -
An adult in breeding plumage on the ground Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 8 years ago 10 sec 4.1 -
A close view of a bird walking. Locality Mweya, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 2 March 2008 3 years ago 33 sec 4 -
An immature foraging Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 51 sec 4
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Adult feeding along the edge of a small pool near the Seeberg hide
Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Martin Flack 20 October 2011 25 weeks ago 4 -
One bird on the ground
Locality Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia
Rémi Bigonneau 21 May 2009 27 weeks ago 4 -
Adult bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 6 October 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
in the dry part but close to the lake
Locality Lochinvar National Park, Southern Province, Zambia
Marco Valentini 7 September 2011 34 weeks ago 3 -
Faraging
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 12 October 2008 1 year ago 3 -
a bird walking
Locality Abijatta-Shalla National Park, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 11 September 2009 2 years ago 3
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