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Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula tundrae   - In flight
Common Ringed Plover
Photographer : © Ashvin Trivedi
Location :Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Date : 13 March 2010
English synonyms:Greater Ringed Plover, Great Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Ring Plover
Bird Family :Charadriinae - Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings
Bird Group :CICONIIFORMES
Red Data Status :Least Concern
Remarks :There were about 30 Dunlins, 17 Broad-billed Sandpipers and 13 Little Stints along with 11 Common Ringed Plover. All of them were in almost breeding colors. Here the very important identification mark, the white band on the wings, can be seen very clearly - AT