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title: "White-fronted Plover"
description: "Anarhynchus marginatus — Ptaki. The white-fronted plover or white-fronted sandplover (Anarhynchus marginatus) is a small (45-50 g) shorebird of the family Charadriidae that inhabits sandy beaches, dunes, mudflats and the shores of rivers and lakes in sub-saharan Africa and Madagascar."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/white-fronted-plover
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# White-fronted Plover

> Anarhynchus marginatus — Ptaki. The white-fronted plover or white-fronted sandplover (Anarhynchus marginatus) is a small (45-50 g) shorebird of the family Charadriidae that inhabits sandy beaches, dunes, mudflats and the shores of rivers and lakes in sub-saharan Africa and Madagascar.

- Scientific name: *Anarhynchus marginatus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 3433
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505776](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505776)

## Names

- en: White-fronted Plover
- de: Weißstirn-Regenpfeifer
- es: Chrolitejo frentiblanco
- fr: Pluvier à front blanc

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2477), NA (457), MG (117), MZ (93), GM (26), GA (19), TZ (17), AO (12), MW (11), BJ (9), ZW (9), KE (8)

## Summary

The white-fronted plover or white-fronted sandplover (Anarhynchus marginatus) is a small (45-50 g) shorebird of the family Charadriidae that inhabits sandy beaches, dunes, mudflats and the shores of rivers and lakes in sub-saharan Africa and Madagascar. It nests in small shallow scrapes in the ground and lays clutches of one to three eggs. The species is monogamous and long-lived, with a life expectancy of approximately 12 years. The vast majority of pairs that mate together stay together during the following years of breeding and retain the same territory. The white-fronted plover has a similar appearance to the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-fronted_plover

## Photo

![White-fronted Plover](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-fronted-plover/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tim Kirsten · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103582678

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-fronted-plover?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).