Species profile
Crab-Plover
Dromas ardeola
Quick answer
Coastal n Indian Ocean; ranges to Madagascar and Andaman Is.
- Scientific name
- Dromas ardeola
- Family
- Dromadidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Dromas
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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