Appearance:

An elegant, long-legged, black and white wader with a long, upcurved bill. Plumage mainly white, with black wing-tips, coverts, crown and hind-neck. Pretty unmistakable. Confusion with Crab Plover or Juvenile Shelduck possible at very long range. Flight pattern even and mostly without glides.

Sound:

Not very vocal away from breeding ground. Most common contact call a soft, short "kluitt" reminiscent of Ringed Plover, but harder and less varied. Also sometimes followed by repeated chattering: "kluitt-trt-trt-trt-trt-trt-trt".

Contact call:

Distribution:

Xeno-canto: map

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

Observation.org Latest observations

Video IBC

Image search Flickr NB! May give other species

Sound search at Xeno-canto

Featherbase

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CC-sound:Peter Boesman, Licence,Link.

Appearance:

General characters; differs from Slavonian Grebe in longer bill (which makes the head look longer), greyish cheeks and thicker neck. Summer; light grey throat and cheeks with contrasting black cap and chestnut neck. Winter; differs from Great Crested Grebe in lacking white area above eyes and having a dark bill with yellow base.

Sound:

Most vocal at breeding ground. Wide repertoire of harsh, raucous and wailing sounds.

Display:

Distribution:

Wikipedia: map (se also Xeno-canto below)

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

Observation.org Latest observations

Video IBC

Image search Flickr NB! May give other species

Sound search at Xeno-canto

Featherbase

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Sounds:Recorded by Fraser Simpson,http://www.xeno-canto.org ,CC license