The
White-fronted Plover, Charadrius marginatus, is a common resident, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, frequenting sandy shores, dunes and sandy rivers where it occurs singly or in small parties. It also inhabits tropical rivers and lakes with sandy shorelines. The male bird has a more conspicuous black line behind its eye and usually small dark patches on the sides of its breast.
This plover forages by day and night, very opportunistically taking prey, even hawking insects in the air and picks up insects drowned and washed ashore.
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Although White-fronted Plover nests all year round, their peak breeding season is from November to March. They lay two or three eggs in a small scrape in the sand or pebbles that are usually three-quarters covered with wind-blown sand on hot days. The eggs take about a month to hatch and the chicks between four and five weeks to fledge.
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