GREATER Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

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Calbost Niel

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LOVELY LIGHTING HARSHA Posted 3 years ago
1. Dr Harsha Vardhan Reddy
  
  Lion
  
  thanks a lot Posted 3 years ago

Thibaud Aronson

Lion

Beautiful photo, but that's a plover, not a sandpiper (note the shorter, thicker bill).
You could probably get confirmation from Indian birders, but I'd say it's a Lesser Sand-Plover. Posted 3 years ago
1. Dr Harsha Vardhan Reddy
  
  Lion
  
  looks you are right thanks for your correction. Posted 3 years ago
2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
    
    Lion
    
    Happy to help. Posted 3 years ago

The Greater sand plover

The greater sand plover is a small wader in the plover family of birds. It breeds in the semi-deserts of Turkey and eastwards through Central Asia. It nests in a bare ground scrape. This species is strongly migratory, wintering on sandy beaches in east Africa, south Asia and Australasia.

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Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies

Species identified by Dr Harsha Vardhan Reddy