European Golden Plover

Latin Name: 
Pluvialis apricaria
Category: 
Size: 
27cm
Description: 

A dumpy, short-billed wader with spangled yellowish upperparts, white supercilia and belly. In breeding plumage, white extends from forehead to vent in broad band bordering black face and underparts. Stockier, shorter legged and billed than Pacific Golden with white not grey underwings. Grey is larger, lacks yellow and has black armpits. Sexes similar.

Habitat: 
Damp grasslands, jheel and muddy coasts.
Distribution: 
Very rare winter visitor or passage migrant recorded from Pakistan and northern India east to Assam.
Call: 
Call Description: 
A plaintive whistle tu…lee.