Lou Coetzer / Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus) stretching wings, Chobe River, Botswana.

Lou Coetzer / Black winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) in territorial fight with Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus) taking off, Chobe River, Botswana, May.

Lou Coetzer / Black winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) in territorial fight with Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus) taking off, Chobe River, Botswana, May.

Laurent Geslin / Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus) portrait, Botswana

Graham Eaton / Blacksmith Lapwing / Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus) foraging on a beach, Cape Town, South Africa, November

Graham Eaton / Blacksmith Lapwing or Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus) walking along beach, Cape Town, South Africa, November

Anup Shah / Blacksmith lapwing / Blacksmith plover female and chick (Vanellus armatus). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Anup Shah / Blacksmith lapwing / Blacksmith plover female and chick (Vanellus armatus). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Blacksmith plover {Vanellus / Anitibyx armatus} feeding, South Africa, August

Sue Flood / Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus) Ngamba Island, Uganda, September

Richard Du Toit / Blacksmith plovers (Vanellus armatus) feeding in shallow water of Khwai river, Moremi WR, Botswana

Hermann Brehm / Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus) eggs camouflaged on ground, Serengeti NP, Tanzania