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Greater Sand Plover

GREATER SAND PLOVER
Charadrius leschenaultii
Charadriidae Family

Bird #54 - November 2008

We first saw this bird in San Juan Batangas. Could not tell the Lesser from the Greater in our first photos. Tim Fisher was there are said that there were Lesser and Greater Sand Plovers in the group with the Kentish Plovers. The Greater Sand Plovers  are bigger and don't have the white feathers on the back of the neck. They also have a proportionately longer bill than the Lesser Sand Plover. I was told by WBCP member Felix Servita that the Greater Sand Plover's bill is 3/4 the width of its head, while the Lesser Sand Plover's is less than 3/4.
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GREATER SAND PLOVER, breeding plumage
<i>Charadrius leschenaultii</i>
Olango Island, Cebu, Philippines
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GREATER SAND PLOVER, breeding plumage Charadrius leschenaultii Olango Island, Cebu, Philippines

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  • GREATER SAND PLOVER, breeding plumage
<i>Charadrius leschenaultii</i>
Olango Island, Cebu, Philippines
  • GREATER SAND PLOVER
<i>Charadrius leschenaultii</i>
Olango Island, Cebu, Philippines
  • GREATER SAND PLOVER
<i>Charadrius leschenaultii</i>
Olango Island, Cebu, Philippines

This Greater Sand Plover is in breeding plumage.
  • GREATER SAND PLOVER
<i>Charadrius leschenaultii</i>
Olango Island, Cebu, Philippines
  • GREATER SAND PLOVER
<i>Charadrius leschenaultii</i>
Balanga, Bataan, Philippines
  • GREATER SAND PLOVER
<i>Charadrius leschenaultii</i>
Narra, Palawan, Philippines
  • GREATER SAND PLOVER
<i>Charadrius leschenaultii</i>
Tibsoc, San Enrique, Negros Occidental
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