
	Where results make sense

Topic: Crab Plover

	The Indian Ocean's Crab-loving PLOVER
		The natural rarity of the crab plover appears to be a function of limited availability of suitable nest-sites in close proximity to an abundant supply of crabs, which dominate their diet.
		Crab plovers excavate their own nest burrows, more than two metres long and half a metre deep, in raised areas of sand close to the sea.
		Crabs are most abundant in intertidal areas in hot climes, particularly where mangroves occur, and spend much of their time on the surface outside of their own burrows.
	www.arabianwildlife.com /archive/vol3.1/plov.htm (2590 words)

	AllRefer.com - plover (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		The best-known plovers in America are the noisy killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), found in pasturelands; the larger (11 in./27.5 cm) fl-bellied (Squatarola squatarola) and golden (Pluvialis dominica) plovers, which migrate as far as 2,000 mi (3,220 km) annually; and the ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres).
		Both lapwings and plovers nest on open ground and dig shallow hollows lined with pebbles or plant debris where their clutch of eggs (usually four) are deposited.
		The crab plover (Dromas ardeola) of India, Arabia, and E Africa, with its heronlike bill and webbed toes, is so distinct that it is placed in a family by itself, the Dromadidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/plover.html (407 words)

	Mangrove crab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mangrove crabs are crabs that live among mangroves, and may belong to many different species and even families.
		(1992), crab larvae are the major source of food for juvenile fish inhabiting the adjacent waterways, indicating that crabs also help nearshore fisheries.
		The crabs themselves are food for threatened species such as the Crab Plover (Seys et al., 1995; Zimmerman et al., 1996).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mangrove_crab (211 words)

	crab - definition by dict.die.net
		Crab apple, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple (Pyrus Malus var.
		Crab's eyes, or Crab's stones, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths.
		To catch a crab (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke.
	dict.die.net /crab (422 words)

	Plover Nesting a Success (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Even though the number of plover pairs nesting on the island is decreasing, the number of chicks fledged this year is one of the best.
		Plovers were seen in this area during the spring, but repeated flooding kept the birds from nesting at this site.
		One possible reason for the improved success of the Wild Beach was the sparse ghost crab population early in the nesting season, due to a cool spring.
	www.assateague.org /plover/3-96-h.html (324 words)

	Crab Plover - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Crab Plover (Dromas ardeola) is a bird related to the waders, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Dromadidae.
		The Crab Plover is unusual for for waders in that it nests in burrows in sandy banks.
		Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan: Megapodes to Crab Plover (Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan)
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /dromadidae.htm (399 words)

	Crab Plover page
		The Crab Plover (left and above) is a dramatic wader of tidal mudflats around the Indian Ocean.
		The Crab Plover is unique among waders by nesting in burrows that it digs itself.
		Small flocks of Crab Plovers scatter more widely away from the breeding colonies the rest of the year, and I've enjoyed Crab Plovers in the Seychelles and the coast of Kenya.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/crabplover.html (667 words)

	Crab Plover Information
		The Crab Plover (Dromas ardeola) is a bird related to the waders, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Dromadidae.
		The Crab Plover is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
		The Crab Plover is unusual for waders in that it nests in burrows in sandy banks.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Crab_Plover (387 words)

	Crab Plover
		Crabs are, indeed, the main item of its diet, but it also feeds on other crustaceans and on mollusks, which it breaks open with its strong, pointed bill.
		Crab plovers are noisy, gregarious birds and they nest in colonies.
		The female lays her single egg at the end of a burrow in a sandbank, often in a crab burrow.
	www.mbgnet.net /salt/sandy/animals/plover.html (138 words)

	Washington's Coast: Animals - European Green Crab
		The European green crab, Carcinus maenas, is a non-native predator that feeds on shellfish.
		Studies suggest that green crab larvae could have arrived in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia by strong ocean currents produced by the large El Niño event of 1997/98.
		European green crabs captured in Willapa Bay in 1998 were caught in intertidal areas dominated by Spartina alterniflora.
	www.ecy.wa.gov /programs/sea/coast/animals/g_crab.html (262 words)

	CRAB - Definition
		Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed.
		A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
		Crabs are also symbolic of your irritable personality, as in the pun, being "crabby".
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/crab (566 words)

	Crab Plover page
		The Crab Plover (left and above) is a dramatic wader of tidal mudflats around the Indian Ocean.
		The Crab Plover is unique among waders by nesting in burrows that it digs itself.
		Small flocks of Crab Plovers scatter more widely away from the breeding colonies the rest of the year, and I've enjoyed Crab Plovers in the Seychelles and the coast of Kenya.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/crabplover.html (667 words)

	Crab Plover
		Crabs are, indeed, the main item of its diet, but it also feeds on other crustaceans and on mollusks, which it breaks open with its strong, pointed bill.
		Crab plovers are noisy, gregarious birds and they nest in colonies.
		The female lays her single egg at the end of a burrow in a sandbank, often in a crab burrow.
	mbgnet.mobot.org /salt/sandy/animals/plover.html (138 words)

	Waders in the United Arab Emirates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The numbers of Kentish Plovers in the UAE fluctuate as migrants from the east of the Caspian Sea swell the local resident population.
		In the breeding plumage the rufous breastband of the Caspian Plover is not as extensive as that of the Mongolian Plover and is underlined by a fl band.
		The Golden Plovers have lost some of their beautiful fl, white and gold colors by the time they reach the UAE, but they are still attractive birds.
	www.enhg.org /b/b01/01_07.htm (5464 words)

	The Ocean Wanderers Guide to Shorebirds of the World
		The majority are Common Redshank with smaller numbers of Marsh Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Asiatic Black-tailed Godwit and a single Great Knot.
		A Wilson's Phalarope wanders amongst a group of roosting Short-billed Dowitchers and Black-bellied Plover at Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge, New York, 12 August 2001.
		A Wilson's Snipe probes for worms in a flooded freshwater pool at Montezuma, National Wildlife Refuge in upsate New York, 1 September 2001.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /Shorebirds.html (343 words)

	Kamusi: plover
		crab plover, pl crab plovers { Swahili: ndoero, pl ndoero } [Terminology: ornithology]
		Senegal plover, pl Senegal plovers { Swahili: kiluwijivu, pl viluwijivu } [Terminology: ornithology]
		flsmith plover, pl flsmith plovers { Swahili: kiluwiluwi fundichuma, pl viluwiluwi fundichuma } [Terminology: ornithology]
	research.yale.edu /cgi-bin/swahili/lookup.cgi?Word=plover&EngP=1 (822 words)

	Crab Plover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Crab Plover (Dromas ardeola) is a bird related to the waders but sufficiently distinctive to merit its family Dromadidae.
		It is resident on the coasts and of the Indian Ocean where it feeds on crabs and other small animals.
		Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan: Megapodes to Crab Plover
	www.freeglossary.com /Dromadidae (282 words)

	Stone plover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The piping plover ({[AE]gialitis meloda); Wilson's plover ({[AE].
		Eng.] Rock plover, or Stone plover, the fl-bellied plover.
		The piping plover ({[AE]gialitis meloda}); Wilson's plover ({[AE]gialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover ({[AE]gialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover ({[AE]gialitis semipalmata), are all small American species.
	dictionaries.cc /Stone_plover (2162 words)

	Magellanic Plover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Magellanic plover is a species that possesses particular characteristics, therefore there is discussion about its taxonomic location.
		Magellanic Plover is feeding in the rocks and we hike down the cliffs and to the rear of the lagoon to get a closer look.
		The Sibley and Monroe Classification: 78 Pluvianellidae Magellanic Plover.
	www.specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/M/Magellanic_Plover.shtml (1805 words)

	International Shorebird Gallery - Part 1
		Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus, Shorebirds from Queensland by Tom & Marie Tarrant
		Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus, Shorebirds from Queensland by Tom & Marie Tarrant
		Mongolian Plover, Shorebirds from Queensland by Tom & Marie Tarrant
	pw1.netcom.com /~djhoff/sbimage1.html (939 words)

	DIGGING MONONYKIDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		I don't know what I make of all this, but I would like everyone to know that there is an extant wader, the Crab plover, that does a fair bit of proper digging.
		Crab plovers, as the name suggests, tackle crabs (unlike Crabeater seals and, to a degree, Crabeater mongooses) and have hefty, robust beaks.
		Having said that, the Crab plover is digging with the beak, rather than the forelimbs.
	dml.cmnh.org /1997Apr/msg00433.html (260 words)

	Washington's Coast: Animals - Snowy Plover
		Snowy Plovers are rare, endangered shorebirds protected by law.
		Snowy Plover populations have declined from Washington to California due to habitat loss and human disturbance.
		If Snowy Plover adults are frightened from the nest, the eggs can be baked by the sun, chilled by rain, buried by sand, or eaten by predators.
	www.ecy.wa.gov /programs/sea/coast/animals/plover.html (293 words)

	NatureWorks - Charadriiformes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The birds in this family are small to medium-sized and includes the plovers, the lapwings and the dotterels.
		The crab plover lives in the mudflats of the Indian Ocean.
		It eats crabs and other crustaceans and nests in burrows that it digs in the ground.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/charadriiformes.htm (1042 words)

	Birdwatching in The Emirates
		Crab Plover - In excess of 150 were seen at Khor Al Beidah on the 25th and 28th.
		Lesser Sand Plover - Large numbers were seen at Khor Al Beidah on the 25th and 28th, Khor Dubai on the 26th and smaller numbers on Dreamland Beach on the 28th.
		Grey Plover - Numerous birds were seen at Khor Al Beidah on the 25th and 28th Khor Dubai on the 26th and Dreamland Beach on the 28th.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/emirates-me2.htm (3242 words)

	WAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA), has been monitoring the Crab Plover and other waterbirds in the Emirate, for the past several years, according to a press release.
		Although Crab Plovers are not globally threatened, they are listed as a priority species for the Central Asian Flyway Action Plan for Waterbirds.
		Crab Plovers are unique because they dig burrows, almost like a nesting chamber, in order to lay their single egg.
	wam.org.ae /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?GXHC_JSESSIONID=1df375f58f6767a3&pagename=WAM/WamLocEnews/W-T-LEN-FullNews&c=WamLocEnews&cid=1117436228157&p=1041492777827 (569 words)

	Dr Darren's World of Crabs - Crab Impostors
		It is widely known that the study of crustacea and especially the study of crabs is the pinnacle of any scientists career.
		This aquatic 'living fossil' is not really a crab, in fact it is not even a crustacean, but is a distant relative of the spider.
		Not a crab, but still a great swimmer (2-time Olympic freestyle medalist with bronze in 1928 (1500m) and gold in '32 (400m)) as well as a movie star and King of Serials as Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.
	www.brachyura.fsnet.co.uk /impostors.htm (311 words)

	GCIDE_XML - search results for Crab
		Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed.
		Soft-shelled crabs are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells.
		A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
	www.ibiblio.org /webster/cgi-bin/headword_search.pl?query=Crab (318 words)

	Travel to Thailand. Visit Thailand. Hotels Thailand. Amazing Thailand - tourism in Thailand. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Beaches and muddy shores along the coast are the substantial sources of foods for waders like Malaysian Plover, the immigrating birds like Asian Dowicher, Crab plover, etc. Various kinds of sea birds like Frigatebirds, Gulls and Terns find the forest in this island as their good residences and nest-building sources.
		CRAB PLOVER The huge white wader with fl beak, fl rear, fl and white wing and long gray legs.
		Crab Plover is the rear bird immigrating to Libong Island and beaches in Pang Nga during the cold season.
	www.travelthailand.com /south/trang/htm/settran.html (4190 words)

	Search Results for plover - Encyclopædia Britannica
		There are about three dozen species of plovers, 15 to 30 centimetres (6 to 12 inches)...
		His tomb at Ise is known as the Mausoleum of the White Plover.
		Classroom activity for students on piping plover and threats to its survival.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=plover&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (408 words)

	W3Dictionary.com - Online Dictionary - Definition of CRAB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cancer, Cancer, Cancer the Crab, crab louse, crabby person, crabmeat, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse
		are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being
		To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.
	www.w3dictionary.com /crab (377 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from South West Saudi Arabia
		Look out for the extraordinary Crab Plover, specific to Arabia, and the Pink-backed Pelican, which will stand out a mile away, either on the sea or in flight, due to its size, as it mixes with visiting ducks and resident gulls and terns.
		However, the views obtained of Crab Plover were the icing on the cake, what a shame we hadn’t taken a camera.
		The Crab Plovers were south of Jizan and it was not easy to find the main road that heads south.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/saudi-arabia/swsaudi/swsaudi1999.htm (3463 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)