Description
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Length: 13-16 cm. Plumage: above grey; below white with partial grey band on chest; white superciliary line; transitional dress above dark with paler edges to feathers; wing-coverts grey, throat, foreneck and breast washed pale rufous becoming bright rufous in breeding birds. Immature like adult but brighter above. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill black; feet and legs black, toes long. Habitat: tidal lagoons, mudflats, saltpans. Rare palearctic migrant. <389><391><393>
- license
- cc-by-4.0
- copyright
- WoRMS Editorial Board
- bibliographic citation
- Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
- contributor
- Edward Vanden Berghe [email]
