Little Ringed Plover
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0

Plovers and Lapwings

Little Ringed Plover

Thinornis dubius

LCLeast Concern
Family
Plovers and Lapwings (Charadriidae)
Order
Charadriiformes

Overview

The little ringed plover (Thinornis dubius) is a small plover native to the Old World. It has mostly brown upperparts, a black neckband and a black mask around the eye with a noticeable yellow eyering. Its forehead, belly and the rest of the breast are white. A migratory species, it breeds in open gravel areas near freshwater, including gravel pits, islands and river edges.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.