Kentish Plovers do breed in Nagpur

Kentish plovers breed in Nagpur

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.


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.

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23 Responses to “Kentish Plovers do breed in Nagpur”

  1. Lovely bird, nice light. Ur blogs reads quite well as well :)

  2. good one there… clear capture…

  3. 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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  4. Flickr: Sy8i says:

    bellissimo!

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  6. Abhishek says:

    Wow!! nice Snaps !

  7. 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

  8. @iris-hues The lens is 500mm f4 with a 1.4 teleconverter

  9. Nice capture- bet i wouldn’t look so fresh after a trek from India!


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  10. popcorn09 says:

    Beautiful picture – the main one.

  11. 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.

  12. tariquesani says:

    Thanks Abhishek and popcorn09 – glad you like the photos

  13. Great find! I hope you are publishing a note on Indian Birds!

  14. awesome shot and super clarity, well done!!


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