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Alternative name: Forbes's Banded Plover
- Charadrius forbesi
Identification
Distribution
Western and central Africa
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Zaire
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Grasslands and rocky hillsides.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Forbes's Plover. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Forbes%27s_Plover