Javan Plover

Javan Plover is a small 15 cm (5.9 in) shorebird with a reddish-brown coloration that begins at the crown and extends from the back of the neck onto the sides of the breast, with a smaller dark patch below. the hind neck collar is white and always incomplete. The upperparts are brown or grey brown, and its underparts are white. Its head plumage can be identified by a black bar on the forecrown and a dark brown horizontal eyestripe. (Wikipedia, general species account).

The holotype specimen was captured in March 1936 along the coast near Jakarta on the island of Java, and additional paratypes comprising three males and five females were also collected on Java. However, it was also sighted in southern Sumatra, Madura, Lombok, southwestern Sulawesi, Sumbawa, Flores, western and central Lesser Sundas, Meno Island, Semau and Timor-Leste. The Javan plover has a similar diet to the Kentish plover, although not much data is available. (Wikipedia, general species account).