Scientific Name: Charadrius veredus
Malay Name: Rapang Padang Asia Timur
Chinese Name: 东方鸻
Range:
Found from Siberia to Mongolia and northern China, wintering to Southeast Asia and Australia
Taxonomy:
Monotypic
Size: 22-25 cm
Identification: Non-breeding adult resembles Lesser and Greater Sand Plovers but larger and slimmer-looking with longer neck, legs and wings, more slender bill, upper breast buffish-brown, longer and more pronounced supercilium and yellowish-orange legs and feet. Male in breeding plumage has mostly whitish head and neck with distinctive rufous-chestnut breast-band and broad black lower border. Female in breeding plumage resembles non-breeding adult but with rufescent wash at upper breast.
Similar looking species: Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover
Habitat: Mudflats, sandy shores and open grasslands.
Behaviour/Ecology: Associates with other feeding shorebirds, especially Lesser Sand Plover.
Local Status: Very rare migrant
Conservation Status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Location:
There were two 19th century specimen records of four birds, and at least six records of single birds since then:
1985 – one at Changi North from 17 November to 1 December
1986 – presume the same bird at Changi North from 16-22 February
1999 – one at Seletar Estuary from 1-2 March
2006 – one at Changi Coast on 21 October
2008 – one at Changi Cove from 1 February to 14 March
2012 – one at Seletar Dam in October
2020 – one at Chek Jawa, Pulau Ubin from 19-20 October
Photos:
External Links:
Conservation Status: IUCN Red List Page
Photos: Oriental Bird Images
Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link
Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link
Reference:
Lim, Kim Seng (2009) The Avifauna of Singapore Craig Robson (2011) A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia
Allen Jeyarajasingam & Alan Pearson (2012) A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
