Description
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Length: 21-25 cm. Plumage: above mottled dull or dusky brown and black; below white; sides of face and breast blackish, cheeks and chin white; wingbar and inner wing coverts white; wedge on back white with black patch on rump and wide black sub-terminal band on white tail; breeding bird with rufous replacing brown and very bold intricate black and white face and breast pattern. Immature . Bare parts: iris brown; bill black and wedge-shaped, slightly upturned; feet and short legs orange with black joints. Habitat: rocky beaches, tidal reefs, mudflats, coral reefs and weedy beaches; some inland waters. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393>
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- bibliographic citation
- Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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- Edward Vanden Berghe [email]
Distribution
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North America; southern Nova Scotia to the Gulf States
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- Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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- Mary Kennedy [email]