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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ	Kittlitz's Plover	African Three-banded Plover
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์	Charadrius pecuarius	Charadrius tricollaris
อันดับ	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล	Charadriidae	Charadriidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์	Least Concern	Least Concern
ความยาว	—	—
กว้างปีก	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	21.8 cm (8.6 in)
น้ำหนัก	36.916666666666664 g (1.30 oz)	35.0 g (1.23 oz)
อาหาร	--	--
จำนวนไข่	1-3	2
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

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Kittlitz's Plover only

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African Three-banded Plover only

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Kittlitz's Plover

Least Concern

African Three-banded Plover

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About These Birds

Kittlitz's Plover

Kittlitz's Plover: 14–16 cm, small African plover with a black forehead and loral mask, white supercilium, and pale sandy-brown upperparts. Common resident throughout sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar on grazed grassland, airfields, and dry lake margins. Insectivorous. Sedentary to locally nomadic. Highly adaptable to open disturbed habitats.

African Three-banded Plover

African Three-banded Plover: 17–18 cm, small plover with two complete black breast-bands separated by white, red eye-ring, and red-based bill. Widespread resident across sub-Saharan Africa near freshwater margins, mudflats, and reservoir edges. Feeds on invertebrates by pecking. Year-round resident with local movements during dry season.

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