Charadrius pecuarius2025-06-10T10:17:10+00:00

Charadrius pecuarius   Kittlitz’s Plover   Geelborsstrandkiewiet

Goedehoop, Jan 2020
Left: in breeding plumage; Below: non breeding

An erratic visitor. Rare. Single birds or small groups make sporadic appearances on the larger farm dams when dropping water levels expose mud flats (recorded in 3% of the Waterberg pentads); there is no evidence of a permanent population residing in the Waterberg but imm birds in the area in Jan suggest that breeding may occur locally.