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Alternative name: White-tailed Plover Chettusia leucara

Vanellus leucurus

Photo by Charlie M
Location: Wimpey Pits, Dubai

[edit] Identification

Brown back and foreneck, paler face and grey breast, yellow legs, pure white tail, brown, white and black wings. Young birds have a scaly back, and may show some brown in the tail.

[edit] Distribution

Iraq, Iran and southern Russia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Inland marshes.

[edit] Behaviour

4 eggs are laid in a ground nest.

The diet includes insects.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages