Key Facts
Family: Glareolidae
Biometrics:
Length: 23 to 25 cm, Weight: 59 to 95 g, Wingspan: 46 cm
Range:
Breed in extreme S Siberia, E Mongolia and NE China, S to N India, Sri Lanka, SE Asia and Taiwan, W Japan and Ryūkyū islands, S Pakistan, N Philippines and Borneo. They winter from Maldives, India and SE Asia, through Indonesia and New Guinea to Australia.
Habitat:
Steppes, flat lowland open grassland, dry floodplains, tidal mudflats, sandy, pebble and shingle shorelines, freshwater and brackish water lakes. During winter open grassy plains and muddy wetlands occasionally on beaches and intertidal mudflats, up to 1,700 meters altitude
Clicked at: Uttarakhand
