Waterbirds
Least Concern
Quick Facts
Mass0.045 kg
Facts sourced from Wikidata (CC0).
The crab-plover or crab plover is a coastal wader (shorebird). It is the only member of the genus Dromas and the family Dromadidae. It is unique among waders in making use of ground warmth to aid the incubation of its eggs. The crab-plover is classified in the suborder Lari, making it more closely related to gulls and auks than to most other waders such as plovers and sandpipers.
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