Bird

Monotypic to the Pluvianidae family. Is no longer found in Egypt and is not a Plover. Mentioned in old writings as having a supposed cleaning symbiosis with the Nile crocodile. Its two or three eggs are not incubated, but are buried in warm sand, temperature control being achieved by the adult sitting on the eggs with a water-soaked belly to cool them. If the adult leaves the nest, it smooths sand over the eggs.