Profile
In flight
Cranes & Waders
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
- uncommon
- 48 km/h
- Least Concern
A tiny plover that runs in short bursts across river gravel, stops dead still, then runs again. The bright golden ring around its eye is the giveaway in a world of look-alikes.
- Population
- very large; breeds widely across Eurasia and winters across Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia
- Habitat
- gravel bars, sandy river edges, dry pond margins, reservoirs, and disturbed open ground across Eurasia and North Africa; long-distance migrant in Asia
- Diet
- small insects, larvae, spiders, tiny aquatic invertebrates, occasional small seeds
- Size
- 0.16 m
- Wingspan
- 0.45 m
