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        Birds of Israel       Waders       Kentish Plover

     Kentish Plover / חופמי אלכסנדרי / Charadrius alexandrinus
 
What they eat Insects , Crabs, shells
Preferred habitat Sandy coasts, Fish ponds , salt ponds, sewage ponds , mudflats, banks of rivers
Status Scare breeder,common passage migrant and fairly common winter visitor
Recommended place to see Eylat, Maagan Michael
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Kentish Plover ,Eilat, May 2009.  ©Lior Kislev
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