Crab plover (family)

Crab plovers (Dromadidae, Dromas) are family and genus of birds in the Charadriiformes order. They differ from other shorebirds not only in structure but in its tunnel-nesting habits, single white egg and nidicolous young. The Crab Plover (Dromas ardeola) is endemic to the Red Sea region and winters southward along the East African coast. The Black Crab Plover (Dromas nigra) is found along the coasts of Europa, from the United Kingdom to Turkey.