Crab-plover
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"Dromas" redirects here. For the mammal once known as δρομάς κάμηλος (dromas kamelos, "running camel"), see dromedary.
The crab-plover or crab plover (Dromas ardeola) is a bird related to the waders, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Dromadidae. Its relationship within the Charadriiformes is unclear, some have considered it to be closely related to the thick-knees, or the pratincoles, while others have considered it closer to the auks and gulls. It is the only member of the genus Dromas and is unique among waders in making use of ground warmth to aid incubation of the eggs.
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Crab-plover | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Suborder: | Lari |
Family: | Dromadidae GR Gray, 1840 |
Genus: | Dromas Paykull, 1805 |
Species: | D. ardeola |
Binomial name | |
Dromas ardeola Paykull, 1805 | |
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