Adult Kentish plover in breeeding plumage
The Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, is a small wader in the plover bird family. Despite its name, this species no longer breeds in Kent, or even Great Britain. This beautiful specimen in breeding plumage was found in the wading ground of Wena Lake about 15km from Nagpur.
Although these may be native to India, they are documented as seen around these parts only during the winter. For Nagpur these birds are widely believed to be passage migrants. However we have records of sighting these birds in April and May, we have also recorded mating, nest and chicks of Kentish Plover in and around Nagpur, so it looks like while the native breeding grounds are being given up they are moving to newer areas for breeding.
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- Mating adults
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- Mating adults
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- Adult on nest
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- Nest with eggs
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- Plover chick
This species is categorized as ‘Least Concern’ in the IUCN red list, however, their numbers are dropping rapidly due to human development activity disturbing their feeding & breeding grounds.
The Kentish Plover is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Tags: birds, flickr, kentish plover, nagpur, photography
good one there… clear capture…
where did you spot this one?
I think we need to get in touch and go out for taking pictures some day, if that is OK for you.
You seem to know a lot of secrets of Nagpur
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Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)
bellissimo!
Lovely bird, nice light. Ur blogs reads quite well as well
Excellent clarity !
Awesome sharp image.
superb shot…
Stunning capture!
NICE SHOT>>>>>
@iris-hues The lens is 500mm f4 with a 1.4 teleconverter
Good capture!
Wow!! nice Snaps !
Wonderful and neat Tarique…love the eye contact…the backdrop the colours of which seeme to be a reflection of the little plover’s and the soft light .The open beak and the alert looks are adorable.What is the lens?
Thanks for sharing
Nice capture- bet i wouldn’t look so fresh after a trek from India!
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Seen on your photo stream. (?)
Excellent shot and thanks for the info…(didn’t know you were a scientist till now.)
In North America this is called a "snowy plover", I’ve just learned that from my recent Asian trip.
Beautiful picture – the main one.
Thanks Abhishek and popcorn09 – glad you like the photos
Great find! I hope you are publishing a note on Indian Birds!
Thanks! Yes a note has been sent to Indian Birds
awesome shot and super clarity, well done!!
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Seen in your Birds set. ( ?² )