Kentish Plover
The Kentish plover is a small wader of the family Charadriidae that breeds on the shores of saline lakes, lagoons, and coasts, populating sand dunes, marshes, semi-arid desert, and tundra. Both male and female birds have pale plumages with a white underside, grey/brown back, dark legs and a dark bill; however, additionally the male birds also exhibit very dark incomplete breast bands, and dark markings either side of their head, therefore the Kentish plover is regarded as sexually dimorphic.
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Hear it on xeno-canto Community recordings — opens xeno-canto →In Türkiye
Recorded in Türkiye throughout the year.
Most records in July–August.
Provinces where it makes up the largest share of bird records.
Adjusted for how many birdwatchers are out each month; the busiest month = 100%.
7,716 records from Türkiye · #130 of 634 species by number of records. Source: GBIF.org (October 2026). All birds of Türkiye
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