Description:

Small size, stocky and pale plover with fine black bill. White hind collar and usually small, well-defined patches on sides of breast. Upperparts pale and sandy. Legs usually appear blackish, but may be tinged brown or be olive-yellow. Male has rufous cap and black eye-stripe and forecrown.

Distribution:

Uncommon passage migrant through western Gilgit-Baltistan, absent from Hunza, Nagar, Astore and Baltistan. Mostly prefers sparsely vegetated mud flats or sandy banks of wetlands, lakes, streams and also grasslands. In the areas occurs up to 3000m.

Behavior:

Sometimes probes in wet sand and mud and frequently feeds by foot-trembling. Usually in small flocks of up to 20-30 birds. May spend all daylight hours feeding, at least on spring migration stopovers. Takes mainly insects, such as beetles and flies, also crustaceans, molluscs and spiders; in brackish and saltwater, chiefly crustaceans, polychaete worms and molluscs.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Kentish Plover in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Kentish Plover

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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