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WILDLIFE: BIRDS: BLACK-HEADED PLOVER
 
Black-headed plover
Class: Aves
 
Order: Charadriiformes
 
Family: Charadriidae
 
Genus and species: Vanellus tectus
 
Common name:
Black-headed plover

 

It can be recognised by the long thin black crest. Inhabits dry areas, from the north of Kenya to Kerio valley and lakes Baringo and Bogoria (to the west) and the parks of Meru, Kora, Tsavo and lower Tana (to the east).

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