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Breeding nests of crab-plovers
November 2 , 2023
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- For the first time, breeding nests of crab-plovers spotted at Great Vedaranyam Swamp near Point Calimere.
- Crab-plover (Dromas ardeola) is considered a winter visitor to Pakistan, peninsular India, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, northern Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, and a vagrant to Bangladesh.
- The chicks are semi-nidifugous, unlike chicks of other shorebirds that leave the nests shortly after hatching.
- Parents take care of the young ones for five to six months.
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