Egyptian plover
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The Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), also known as the crocodile bird, is a wader, the only member of the genus Pluvianus. Formerly placed in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae, it is now regarded as the sole member of its own monotypic family Pluvianidae.
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Egyptian plover | |
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Kaur Wetlands, the Gambia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Pluvianidae MacGillivray, 1852 |
Genus: | Pluvianus Vieillot, 1816 |
Species: | P. aegyptius |
Binomial name | |
Pluvianus aegyptius | |
Synonyms | |
Charadrius aegyptius Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The species is one of several plovers doubtfully associated with the "trochilus" bird mentioned in a supposed cleaning symbiosis with the Nile crocodile.