Description
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Length: 18-20 cm. Plumage: above dark greyish brown; below white; forehead and superciliary stripe white, collar around neck white; crown and cheeks brown; breast band, line through eye and over forehead black in breeding and dark brown in non-breeding adult. White at base of flight feathers in spread wing. Immature like adult but with pale edges to feathers of back; breast band paler and broken; brown on face paler than adult. Bare parts: iris brown; bill orange-yellow with a black tip; feet and legs bright orange-yellow (diagnostic). Habitat: sandy, muddy or rocky shores of estuaries, marine and inland waters. Palearctic migrant.
Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
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