Tibetan Sand-Plover

The Tibetan sand-plover is a small plover that breeds in the Pamir Mountains, Tian Shan, the Tibetan Plateau and south Mongolia and winters in east and south Africa and in south, east and southeast Asia. It was long treated as part of the lesser sand plover and was recognised as a full species by the International Ornithologists' Union in 2023, following a 2022 study (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is a medium-sized plover with a pale throat, brown back and white underparts. Summer adults have a black mask and a light orange chest and neck. The 2012 National Red List gives no status under this name or under the older lesser sand plover name.