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Philomachus pugnax |
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Philomachus pugnax |
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Chevalier combattant |
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Ruff |
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| Kayoyo (Kiluba-PNU) ; kakuwa, tshiontshio, tshiontshio tshia tshibakala (Tshiluba); sandpiper = kapiyipiyi (Lunda) ; Kibemba : katombamatipa (Kibemba) ; lupupila (Kiluba) | |
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Relatively common migrator here, it ia always in its non-breeding plumage that is to say white belly and grey back resembling other plovers. |
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Frequents water bodies and is silent. |
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According to fishermen, eats desd fish's eyes. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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