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Group Details:
This group includes the Plovers, which are often associated with water (although some species are associated with flat, bare ground), Avocets, Stilts, Sandpipers, Oystercatchers, are all families associated with shorelines (often referred to as
Black-winged Stilt
African Jacana
African Black Oystercatcher
Blacksmith Lapwing (Plover)
African Wattled Lapwing (Plover)
White-fronted Plover
Three-banded Plover
Crowned Lapwing (Plover)
Black Crake
Common Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Purple Swamphen (Purple Gallinule)
Ruff
African (Ethiopian) Snipe
Common Sandpiper
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Images based on artwork by
Norman Arlott
and Peter Hayman
This group includes the Plovers, which are often associated with water (although some species are associated with flat, bare ground), Avocets, Stilts, Sandpipers, Oystercatchers, are all families associated with shorelines (often referred to as 
