Masai Mara
22, 24Oct2014
Three-banded Plover
Resident in much of eastern and
southern Africa and Madagascar.
southern Africa and Madagascar.
Charadrius tricollaris
(L 7")
Our ratio of brain to body weight (about 1/40)
is smaller that that of some birds (1/14).
is smaller that that of some birds (1/14).
(Noah Stryker)
Charadrius in Greek means a
nocturnal waterbird; tricollaris
in Latin means three collared.
nocturnal waterbird; tricollaris
in Latin means three collared.
© G. Stuart
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