Key Facts
Family: Charadriidae
Biometrics:
Length: 29 to 32 cm, Weight: 140 to 185 g
Range:
India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and southern China (Yunnan). In India, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram.
Habitat:
Water reservoirs, river basins, freshwater ponds, river islands, streams and creeks, apart from farmlands and sandbanks above 100 meters altitude
Clicked at: Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand
