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The Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), also known as the crocodile bird, is a wader, the only member of the genus Pluvianus. It occurs in a band across Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east and south to parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Egyptian plover is found across equatorial Africa and along the Nile River. It has a mutualistic relationship with Nile crocodiles by eating food and parasites from their opened mouths. This is also reflected in the Ancient Egyptian name of the bird according to a Demotic dreambook (papyrus Vienna D 6104): b3k msh "servant of the crocodile".
The Egyptian plover is found across equatorial Africa and along the Nile River. ... These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong ...
Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Lari. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers.The atypical Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), traditionally placed in this family, is now known to be only distantly related (basal of clade Charadrii).
Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.
The Egyptian plover is found across equatorial Africa and along the Nile River. ... A shrike's beak is hooked, like that of a typical bird of prey.
The Egyptian plover is found across equatorial Africa and along the Nile River. ... These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong ...
Family Pluvianellidae – Magellanic plover; Family Chionidae – sheathbills (2 species) Family Pluvianidae – Egyptian plover; Family Charadriidae – plovers (68 species) Family Recurvirostridae – stilts, avocets (10 species) Family Ibidorhynchidae – ibisbill; Family Haematopodidae – oystercatchers (12 species) Suborder Scolopaci