Malaysian Plover

The Malaysian plover or Malay plover (Anarhynchus peronii, syn. 35–42 g) wader that nests on beaches and salt flats in Southeast Asia. The species is 15 cm (5.9 in) in length. The male can be recognized by a thin black band around the neck. the female has a thin brown band. The Malaysian plover lays two to five (mode of three) cryptic eggs on small scrapes on beaches. (Wikipedia, general species account).

The eggs are incubated by both the male and female for about 30 days, and then both parents care for the precocial chicks until they can fly after about 30 more days. In Thailand, it may lay multiple clutches after successful or failed clutching during the breeding season which begins in late March and may last until September. Its recorded food includes invertebrates on the beaches and mudflats. (Wikipedia, general species account).