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Greater Sand Plover
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Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

I choose to add this picture as it does show what many people think a Greater should look like - but many of the features like its apparent square head, are all to do with the angle of the bird to the camera.
Habitat
coastal and wetlands
Location
Busaiteen Bahrain
Date taken
22-09-09
Scientific name
Charadrius leschenaultii
Equipment used
Nikon D300 Tamron 200-500mm lens
i can never tell the difference so if i got a shot of any from my next trip to alkhoumrh it will your job to say who's who. looool

love the one in face book more.

can you please check this just to confirm, some of the comments from the gallery confused me.
 
not in face book here on BF at my post of yesterday

http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/271622/ppuser/71763
 

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Category
Middle-East
Added by
Howard King
Date added
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303
Comment count
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