Friday, April 21, 2017

LITTLE RINGED PLOVER

Photographed March 2017
(*  900)                 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER                     Charadrius dubius

SRI LANKA               55

Found on the shores of lagoons, rivers and tanks, mudflats, paddy fields and salt-pans. 14-17 cm. Rather uncommon breeding resident in dry lowlands (race: jerdoni); winter migrants (race: curonicus) also occur throughout the lowlands.


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