Checklist of the birds of Selous Game Reserve - wildlife-baldus.com

Violet-tipped Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterusWhite-collared Pratincole Glareola nuchalisCommon Pratincole Glareola pratincolaPloversFamily CharadriidaeShore birds with, variously, short legs, compact bodies and rapid flight, or long legs androunder wings that beat to a jerky rhythm. Plovers inhabit grasslands or aquatic margins.Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticulaGreater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultiiWhite-fronted Sandplover Charadrius marginatusKittlitz's Sandplover Charadrius pecuariusThree-banded Plover Charadrius tricollisGrey Plover Pluvialis squatarolaWhite-headed Plover Vanellus albicepsBlacksmith Plover Vanellus armatusCrowned Plover Vanellus coronatusSenegal Plover Vanellus lugubrisSpur-winged plover Vanellus spinosusSandpipers, Phalaropes & SnipesFamily ScolopacidaeA diverse group of wading birds that typically probe mud and damp soils for small animalprey with their sensitive bill. The majority of species occurring in Tanzania migrate hereduring the northern winter.Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucosWood Sandpiper Tringa glareolaGreenshank Tringa nebulariaGreen Sandpiper Tringa ochropusMarsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis