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WILDLIFE: BIRDS: 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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Black-headed plover