Oriental plover

Description

Adult male in breeding plumage: white face,throat and fore-crown;grey-brown hind-crown,hind-neck and back;belly white,demarcated with narrow black band and then broad chestnut breast band merging into white throat.Female,juvenile and non-breeding male: generally grey-brown upperparts and white belly;pale face with white streak above eye.Measurements: length 21–25 cm;wingspan 46–53 cm;weight 95 g.Among the redbreasted Charadrius plovers,this bird is relatively large,longlegged and long-winged.