Key Facts
Family: Charadriidae
Biometrics:
Length: 14 to 17 cm, Weight: 26 to 53 g, Wingspan: 42 to 48 cm
Range:
Palearctic including northwestern Africa, migratory and winter in Africa, Asia. Widespread resident in India
Habitat:
Sparsely vegetated flats of sand shingle or silt. Often in vicinity of standing or slow-flowing fresh water; sometimes saline inland pools and flats or brackish lagoons estuaries, mudflats, salt pans and salt marsh. Prefer softer mud over harder substrates
Clicked at: Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand and Ujani Dam at Bhigwan, Maharashtra
