Flickr - Rainbirder - Egyptian Plover (Pluvianus aegyptius)
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Description: Image taken at Kaur wetlands. This fantastic wader is easier to see in The Gambia than anywhere else in its range. It is also called the Crocodile bird as it is alleged to pick scraps off the teeth of basking crocodiles. Date: 23 November 2005, 23:09. Source: Egyptian Plover (Pluvianus aegyptius). Author: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
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