Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover is a small wader weighing 40 to 44 g that breeds on the shores of saline lakes, lagoons and coasts, using sand dunes, marshes and semi-arid desert. Both sexes are pale with a white underside, grey-brown back, dark legs and a dark bill. the male also has dark, incomplete breast bands and dark marks on either side of the head. It nests on the ground in a small scrape lined with shells, pebbles, grass and leaves, often at low, open, moist sites away from thick vegetation. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Some populations migrate while others, such as island ones, do not (Wikipedia, general species account). The Kentish plover has a large geographical distribution, ranging from latitudes of 10º to 55º, occupying North Africa, both mainland, such as Senegal, and island, such as the Cape Verde archipelago, Central Asia, for example alkaline lakes in China, and Europe, including small populations in Spain and Austria. other populations, such as various island populations, do not migrate. (Wikipedia, general species account).