Black Crab Plover

Black Crab Plover, Dromas niger is a species of crab plover in the Dromadidae family. It is closely related to gulls and auks.

The species is monnotypic.

Other names
Black Crab-plover, White-winged Crab Plover, White-winged Crab-plover.

Description
This species is mostly black in colour, with white wing patches. The Black Crab Plover has a heavy, daggerlike black bill, black and white plumage, and long grey legs.

Similar species
Crab Plover is white with black wing patches. Oystercatchers are smaller and stilts have longer, red legs.

Diet
Feeds on its speciality and namesake: crabs.

Calls
It is a noisy bird, calling frequently while at its breeding sites and on its wintering ground.

Reproduction
It nests in underground chambers, where it lays a single white egg. Its young are nidifugous.

Based on...
It is based on an inverted Crab Plover and where most of its info comes from.