Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius

The Egyptian Plover, despite its name, is native to tropical Africa, including West Africa. It is also sometimes called the Crocodile Bird due to a myth that it takes waste food and leeches from crocodiles' teeth; a story from Herodotus mentioning this alleged habit was based on Nile Crocodiles, hence the bird's common name. A boldly marked bird with black crown bordered in white, orange breast and silver wings which, in flight, show a black bar with white margins, it is the only bird in the genus Pluvianus.