Birds of Ladakh

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Common name:

Grey Plover

Ladakhi name:

unknown

Scientific name:

Pluvialis squatarola

Order:

charadriformes

Family:

charadridae

fun facts:

The Grey Plover is a rare passage migrant, also called Black-bellied Plover. 

It can be spotted along open shores of lakes and ponds or mud flats.

The sexes look the same.