Oriental Plover

The oriental plover (Anarhynchus veredus), also known as the oriental dotterel, is a medium-sized plover closely related to the Caspian plover. It breeds in parts of Mongolia and China, migrating southwards each year to spend its non-breeding season in Indonesia, New Guinea and northern Australia. Adult male in breeding plumage: white face, throat and fore-crown. belly white, demarcated with narrow black band and then broad chestnut breast band merging into white throat. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its non-breeding habitat includes grasslands, salt-fields and coastal areas. Female, juvenile and non-breeding male: generally grey-brown upperparts and white belly. pale face with white streak above eye. Among the red-breasted Charadrius plovers, this bird is relatively large, long-legged and long-winged. Breeds in Mongolia, eastern Russia and Manchuria. migrates through eastern China and South-East Asia to Indonesia and northern Australia. straggler to New Zealand and Europe four times (Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands). (Wikipedia, general species account).