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Oriental Plover - BirdForum Opus

Charadrius veredus
Photo by tcollins at Fogg Dam NT

Identification

Sandy-olive upperparts, buff white eyebrow, buff-grey upperbreast with white underparts, grey brown underwing.

Distribution

It breeds in Mongolia, and passes through east China on migration to Australia.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Open grasslands in arid and semi-arid zones.

Behaviour

Its diet includes insects.

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