The Caspian plover (Charadrius asiaticus) is a wader in the plover family of birds. It breeds in western and central Asia and migrates southward to eastern and southern Africa to escape the northern winter.

Summer males have grey-brown backs and a white face and belly. The breast is chestnut, bordered black below. Other plumages have a grey-brown breast band, although the summer female may show a hint of chestnut. The call is a sharp chip.
It breeds on open grassland in central Asia, mainly to the north and east of the Caspian Sea. It breeds in loose colonies, with three eggs being laid in a nest on the bare ground or among short vegetation.
It feeds in a similar way to other plovers picking beetles, termites, ants, grasshoppers, small snails and other small prey mainly from the ground. It sometimes eats the seeds of grasses. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photo Pafos,Mantria 18/4/2015 by George Konstantinou
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