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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".
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).
18 Egyptian plover. 19 Stilts and avocets. 20 Oystercatchers. 21 Plovers and lapwings. 22 Painted-snipes. 23 Jacanas. 24 Sandpipers and allies. 25 Buttonquail. 26 ...
Plovers (/ ˈ p l ʌ v ər / PLUV-ər, [1] also US: / ˈ p l oʊ v ər / PLOH-vər) [2] are members of a widely distributed group of wading birds of subfamily Charadriinae. The term "plover" applies to all the members of the subfamily, [ 1 ] though only about half of them include it in their name.
The Egyptian plover is found across equatorial Africa and along the Nile River. Egyptian plover, Pluvianus aegyptius (A-Canary Islands) Sandpipers and snipes.
Family Pluvianellidae - Magellanic plover Genus Pluvianellus; Family Pluvianidae - Egyptian plover Genus Pluvianus; Family Recurvirostridae - avocets and stilts Genus Cladorhynchus - banded stilt; Genus Himantopus - stilts; Genus Recurvirostra - avocets; Family Rostratulidae - painted snipes Genus Nycticryphes; Genus Rostratula
20 Egyptian plover. 21 Stilts and avocets. 22 Oystercatchers. 23 Plovers and lapwings. 24 Painted-snipes. 25 Jacanas. 26 Sandpipers and allies. 27 Buttonquails. 28 ...