Dromadidae

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Dromadidae is a small bird family best known for the crab-plover, a distinctive shorebird of coastal regions around the Indian Ocean.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dromadidae canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
activityPattern diurnal ⓘ
breedingHabitat offshore islands ⓘ
sandy coastal areas ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
closestRelatives Charadriidae ⓘ
Glareolidae ⓘ
commonName crab-plover family ⓘ
containsTaxon Dromas ardeola ⓘ
distributionRegion Arabian Peninsula coasts ⓘ
East Africa coasts ⓘ
Indian Ocean coasts ⓘ
South Asia coasts ⓘ
Southeast Asia coasts ⓘ
ecologicalNiche specialized crab predator ⓘ
eggCharacteristic white eggs ⓘ
eggIncubationBehavior both parents incubate ⓘ
foragingBehavior probing for prey ⓘ
shoreline foraging ⓘ
habitat coastal regions ⓘ
coral islands ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ
sandy shores ⓘ
hasOnlySpecies Dromas ardeola ⓘ
hasRepresentativeSpecies crab-plover ⓘ
isMonotypic true ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
morphologicalCharacteristic black-and-white plumage ⓘ
long legs ⓘ
partially webbed feet ⓘ
strong heavy bill ⓘ
namedAfterGenus Dromas ⓘ
linked to: Dromas ardeola
nestType burrow nests ⓘ
numberOfGenera 1 ⓘ
numberOfSpecies 1 ⓘ
order Charadriiformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
rangeType Old World coasts ⓘ
recognizedBy BirdLife International ⓘ
Clements Checklist of Birds of the World ⓘ
IOC World Bird List ⓘ
International Ornithologists Union ⓘ
reproductiveBehavior colonial nester ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typicalDiet crabs ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charadriiformes → containsFamily → Dromadidae ⓘ