Crab-Plover

Dromas ardeola

Least Concern

The Crab-Plover is a shorebird of Europe, western and central Asia, and their African or Asian wintering grounds. It uses its bill, legs, and alert flight to feed on invertebrates, seeds, or small aquatic prey along coasts, mudflats, rivers, lakes, grasslands, or open ground; many shorebirds make impressive seasonal movements between breeding and non-breeding areas.

Family

Dromadidae

Group

Shorebirds

Range

Crab-Plover Range — Resident or seasonal range in Europe, western and central Asia, and their African or Asian wintering grounds

Population

≈ 500K–5M

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